Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, is throwing his support behind Barack Obama for president. In doing so, Buckley, who is a staunch Conservative and a political commentator like his late father, is joining an ever-growing list of the Conservative elite who will not be voting for McCain in November. You can check out his article here. It is worth reading.
10 October 2008
Addition: While not an endorsement, David Brooks, a conservative columnist at the New York Times, had interesting things to say about Obama, Palin, Biden, and McCain in an interview with The Atlantic. Brooks once worked for William F. Buckley.
Addition 2: Another conservative falls for Obama. This time, it is Wick Allison. Allison worked at The National Review under William F. Buckley, finally becoming its publisher.
14 October 2008 Addition: Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, while not endorsing Obama, has made it clear that McCain has put the country at great risk in picking Palin as his running mate. She is now claiming that staffers in the current White House agree with her. In similar fashion, a chief strategist for President Bush's 2004 election campaign, Matthew Dowd, also let McCain have it for his pick of Palin. Goodness, but the vultures are circling!
21 October 2008 Addition: Conservative newspapers that backed Bush are beginning to endorse Obama.
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