Republicans who endorsed Barack Obama include:Christopher Buckley - Conservative columnist (and son of National Review founder William F. Buckley) on why he supported and would vote for Obama:   As for Senator Obama: He has exhibited throughout a "first-class temperament".  .... I've read Obama's books, and they are first-rate. He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books. Imagine.  ......having a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect, President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren't going to get us out of this pit we've dug for ourselves. If he raises taxes and throws up tariff walls and opens the coffers of the DNC to bribe-money from the special interest groups against whom he has (somewhat disingenuously) railed during the campaign trail.... He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for. Source:    "Sorry Dad, I'm...(Read Full Post)