Bloviator-extraordinaire Robert Novak penned a column today that mentioned Barack Obama and the number of conservatives that support him, called Obamacons. Novak thinks Chuck Hagel and more actively Colin Powell will go with the Democratic nominee over John McCain. He sees the writing on the wall and knows many conservatives will not be on the side they are supposed to be rooting for.
From The Washington Post:
What is an "Obamacon?" The phrase surfaced in January to describe British conservatives entranced by Barack Obama. On March 13 the American Spectator broadened the term to cover all "conservative supporters" of the Democratic presidential candidate. Their ranks, though growing, feature few famous people. But looming on the horizon are two big potential Obamacons: Colin Powell and Chuck Hagel.
Neither Powell, first-term secretary of state for George W. Bush, nor Hagel, retiring after two terms as a U.S. senator from Nebraska, has endorsed Obama. Hagel probably never will. Powell probably will enter Obama's camp at a time of his own choosing.
The end of the article sums up his feeling on the Republicans for Obama movement. He blames the Bush White House, saying they should do some 'soul searching' for causing McCain's woes. The problem is that it wasn't only Bush that did this, it was the entire movement conservative ideology that was bound to fail, it just failed under Bush's watch. Now conservatives who have been feeling disaffected in the Republican Party are looking elsewhere.
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