Now that Colin Powell has sounded the call, there has seemed to be a constant drip-drip-dripping of moderate (and not-so-moderate) Republicans coming forth to endorse Obama.
It seems to be me that this trickle of GOP endorsements is being as effectively stage managed as the the stream of Democratic endorsements in the primaries.
Powell, of course, is by far the biggest, but the less prominent Republicans seem to be getting more and more prominent by the day.
A few days ago, it was a Wisconsin state senator.
Now, Republican former governors William Weld and Arne Carlson both endorsed Obama.
If I had to make a prediction, I think that the prominence of the Republicans coming out for Obama are going to get bigger and bigger.
Culminating with election eve endorsements from a pair of sitting Republican Senators in a very competitive state and district perhaps?
I also wouldn't be surprised about endorsements from Ross Perot and possibly Bloomberg in the next few days either.
UPDATE:
Slightly more obscure to the layperson, but symbolically powerful. Legal scholar Charles Fried just announced that he's voting for Obama. Besides being Reagan's Solicitor General, Fried was (until this morning) one of John McCain's legal advisors!
Ouch.
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