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Large numbers of Republicans and independents in Pennsylvania have changed their party affiliation and registered as Democrats.
  • buh?

    Let me get this straight.

    Rush and other operatives are urging Republicans to register as Democrats in the primaries in order to vote for Hillary, because they would rather have her as an opponent in the general election.

    ShawnM and others would have us believe that this is a reason why Hillary is the best candidate.

    There is a total disconnect there. The only way ShawnM's arguments work is if the Republicans are working an elaborate double-blind. That is, they secretly know (like ShawnM does) that Hillary is actually the stronger candidate, and they would rather run against Obama, but they are pretending that they think Hillary is weaker, and all this voting for her is supposed to boost Obama so they can beat him in the general.

    Yes, thousands of Republican voters are voting for Hillary because secretly they know Obama is the weaker candidate. Yes, that makes sense.