Republicans worried about Obama

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hillary Clinton isn't the only one worried about Barack Obama's post-Iowa momentum. A former top Republican official tells CNN Obama could win a significant portion of the Republican vote in a general election, if he becomes the Democratic nominee.

The leading Republican strategist, who requested anonymity because this person advises a number of Republican presidential candidates, told CNN "I think Barack Obama is a potential Robert Kennedy or Reagan figure." And "In terms of raw political horsepower, he is the most electable of any of the Democrats and potentially more electable than Bill Clinton. If he ran the right campaign he could appeal to a substantial number of Republicans and Independents."

This person insists an Obama nomination isn't a done deal. "He could make a mistake. His people could get overconfident. He needs to continue to push his theme even as she continues to hit him on different issues."

In the days since he won the caucuses, the New York senator's campaign has hit Obama on a number of issues, including his decision to hire a former lobbyist to manage his New Hampshire campaign, and his past position on the Patriot Act. Former President Bill Clinton compared Obama's early position on the Iraq war to President Bush's, and national reporters were summoned to an urgent conference call because some callers on the 'Do Not Call' registry had received robo-calls from Obama's campaign that Clinton's staff alleges did not fully comply with election law.

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oh nooooo..... what other hatefilled agenda can they use. Ahhhh... homophobia, and terrorism.

(as Howard Dean so accurately predicted a few years back)

Obama appears to be a DINO now.

I think his momentum speaks to the fact
that America is virtually a one-party
state now.. the corporate religionist
party.

Nice one.

shows they are reduced to lobbing nerf balls against the hurricane. In a media used to REAL GOP evil deeds and slander they have to do better than that(and will in the fall of course).

He is well beyond Gary Hart territory and is unlikely to match that Senator's flame out. CNN doesn't have a clue how he could be stopped by decent Democrats.

Like that poor bird in Alice in Wonderland, GOP feels the frustration rising.

...message to back of mind: Obama is most electable of all. Slow fighting for other candidates.

NAW, not yet.

I think I'll put back of mind decisioning on hold.

I mean, I'm an Edwards supporter, but does this "provocation" has something to do with Bush upcoming visit or the Democratic freight train that is headed down the tracks. Be it Obama or Edwards or even Hillary, the huge Democratic turnouts for the elections and the events are so far spelling doom for the GOP. These "incidents" seem to be manufactured to try and tilt the electorate back towards the conservatives. We, as progressives, must work extra hard to turn back this implule by the electorate to feel comforted by GOP policies during times of national security. The Democrats are better stewards of both foreign and domestic policy. Let's redouble our efforts folks.

foreign and domestic policy.

Then they won't be able to play either the race card or the Clinton card to fire up the rank and file.

republicans are welcome to support Obama as well : - )))

I was surprised when few republicans friends i know said they would probably vote for Obama. He must have some crossover appeal, I'm not sure why but I've seen evidence of it.

Right now, a lot of them "want" a certain Democrat to run against.

We will see a replay of that in NH tomorrow.

...the most electable Democrat should serve as a warning to us that he might not be.

To make sure he gets elected. -snark