What McCain Defectors See in Obama – Roll Call

What McCain Defectors See in Obama

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted October 29, 2008 at 12:00am

Republican defections
a mixed lot
Edmund Burke
ideas put forward
Blue Dog Democratic coalition
recently met
Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears regularly on Wednesday in CQ Politics.

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