{"id":3043,"date":"2008-04-01T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2008-04-01T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T21:20:14","slug":"clinton-obama-race-spurs-party-switches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3043","title":{"rendered":"Clinton-Obama Race Spurs Party Switches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julia Silverman, Associated Press<\/em>, 1 April 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talk radio hostess Victoria Taft, a familiar Republican voice in the Democratic-leaning Pacific Northwest, said that even in her wildest dreams she never imagined urging her listeners to vote for Clinton.<\/p>\n

But these days, Taft is firmly on the New York senator’s bandwagon, along with national conservative talk radio heavyweights like Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham.<\/p>\n

“I want to vet (Illinois Senator) Barack Obama more than Hillary,” said Taft, whose daily program during prime evening drive-time reaches about 30,000 people. “We know what she is all about, but we don’t know a stinking thing about him.”<\/p>\n

Her urging has resonated with listeners like Deborah Whisler, a Tigard-area retiree, who changed her registration from nonaffiliated to Democratic after hearing Taft on the radio.<\/p>\n

“I almost can’t say this without choking, but I’m going to vote for Hillary Clinton,” Whisler said. “Just on the basis of finding out more about each candidate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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