Democrat jumps ship to the Republican party!

I am a registered democrat and I'm not sure who I'm voting for this election. I'm not comfortable how far left the democrats have gotten. I'm more moderate.

I'm considered an Independent with my local election board but, this election I will be voting Democratic. Eight years with the Republican party has been enough for me. It's time to give the other party a chance to fix this situation that we are in. I don't have a ship to jump off of

I am an independent voter that leans to voting for Democrats. I would not vote for McCain and Palin if my life depended on it. They are running a very deceptive campaign. Their politics is very far right and out of the mainstream. Haven't we had enough of Bush politics. We do not need more arrogance, more corruption, and more ineptness. This administration has been a disaster for our country. I may have some reservations on how well Obama will do. However, he will still represent a breath of fresh air and is the only hope that we can start turning the 8 year disaster of Bush politics around.

I am not sure I would "convert". But I always vote for the person that best represents my views. It is more often than not a Republican, but not always. I am not a partisan so I not sure I can convert. Great discussion.

I'm glad she left the Democratic Party. Her action does not diminish the democratic process in America. It rather strengthens it. She is one vote Obama doesn't need. Let her go and give McCain money to buy more cars from overseas.

Well I agree with her statement "I did not walk away from the democratic party, they walked away from me". The same thing happened to me. I did not leave the republican party. They left me when they stopped being fiscally responsible and believing in small government. But that does not mean I like Obama either. I really do not see that much of a difference between the two. I am going to go either Ron Paul or third party candidate this time around. I am sick of it all. I really do not blame her. Why should she support a party that no longer represents what she believes in? That is how I feel. Why should I support a party that no holds the same beliefs I do. I do not blame her or some of the other really rich Democrats from jumping ship. Biden said the other day that he wants to "re-alacate wealth" in this country. Which means taking from them and giving it to someone else. Charity should be a choice. Not forced by the government. WHo is the government to tell you if you have too much money or decide "you do not need this so we are going to give it to someone else". THey earned it. They should get to say what happens to it. I am not rich, but I still think stealing from the rich to give to the poor is still stealing, even if it is our government doing the stealing. If I was in the top 5% of the population that they are talking about taxing the heck out of to "give" to someone else. I would seriously consider moving to a more friendly nation and revoke my citizenship. It is not like they do not have enough money to do that. And I am sure they could find another country that would leave their money alone. Then were would the rest of us be under his plan? In a boat up you know what creek with a paddle and it would serve us right.

I feel exactly as they do. I am a registered Democrat but for this election I am switching my vote to McCain. I shall not change my party because I still hope that for any future elections the Democrats will not choose such and evil and dangerous nominee as Obama.

From what I've seen of her since she jumped ship (I don't think I'd ever heard of her before) is that she called the Obama camp "elite" which is hilarious since she's married to British Royalty or something and as my friend pointed out above she said the rednecks will be more likely to vote for McCain/Palin than Obama. Maybe it will turn out that neither side wants her...lol? I'm a Democrat and while that doesn't mean I never have or never again will consider voting for a Republican or an Independent I'm sure not going to "jump ship" this year and the GOP would have to do a complete 180 for me to ever convert to them. Annie

I have actually been reading Obama's book, The Audacity of Hope, and I find that he is not as far out there as people think he is. That is observation one. Observation two is that the "old" John McCain is somebody I admired. When he was running against Bush in 2000, I would actually have considered voting for him instead of Gore; however, the McCain of 2008 is not that person. He has changed many of his views in the last year or so in order to appeal to the inordinately "right" wing of the Republican party, and his VP pick was a total sellout to them. I can now not even consider voting that ticket, because, it would be a disaster to give the neo-cons another "blank slate" so they can continue running the foreign policy of the U.S. into the ground. They love the fact that she does not know much, just as Dubya didn't.

Absolutely not. The more I read about McCain's VP pick, the more sure I am that I don't want those folks in charge. She sounds like a female George Bush. Not very interested in the details of government, not intellectually curious, etc. What I know right now is we have one huge pile of problems out there. We need the smartest person we can find to be president. How in the world is it a good thing to not be very intellectually curious? Whatever will help us is not going to be an easy fix or an easy sell. It will tell creativity, intelligence, and a willingness to truly grapple with a problem, to understand it fully, before proposing a solution. How has it become a bad thing to think before one acts and speaks? We might be trillions of dollars richer if somebody had done that before invading Iraq.