A Conservative for Obama

D Magazine by Wick Allison | Sep. 24, 2008 (Opinion)

My party has slipped its moorings. It's time for a true pragmatist to lead the country.

The more I listen to and read about "the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate," the more I like him. Barack Obama strikes a chord with me like no political figure since Ronald Reagan. To explain why, I need to explain why I am a conservative and what it means to me.

In 1964, at the age of 16, I organized the Dallas County Youth for Goldwater. My senior thesis at the University of Texas was on the conservative intellectual revival in America. ... Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 1, 2008

This argument for Barack Obama, from conservative writer and publisher Wick Allison, is more effective than some of the endorsements I've read from liberals (Katerine vanden Heuvel comes to mind). Allison makes his case for why Obama would be better for the country than John McCain without resorting to any of the tired and frustrated attacks on the Republican ticket, criticizing the neo-conservative philosophy instead. I don't think he does a good job describing what about Obama's "instincts and predispositions" he finds conservative. But coming from a noted conservative, I'm inclined to take his word for it. I recommend checking out the reader reactions at the end for the bigger picture.