Barack Obama took a page out of Chris Carney's political play book by announcing his own "Republicans for Obama."
The group emerged yesterday and sought to emphasize Obama's "bipartisan appeal." Most of these supporters have already endorsed Obama publicly, but by rounding up all the Obamaicans into one group with some marketable apparel, the campaign hopes to attract disenchanted Republicans.
Former Congressman Jim Leach and former Senator Lincoln Chaffee along with a former GOP fundraiser who endorsed John Kerry in '04, Rita Hauser, led the way on the announcement of the new group.
The biggest news concerning the group was that Chuck Hagel has not joined the group and was not part of the opening ceremony. There is no word yet on who Hagel plans to endorse let alone whether he plans to join the Republicans for Obama.
The move by Obama seeks to neutralize McCain's campaign for the center and recent ad which sought to contrast the previous words of praise from Democratic bigwigs (Kerry, Biden, Obama) with their current reversals.
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