Obamacons

Thomas Sowell advances the narrative that a slew of conservatives are throwing their support to Barack Obama.  Is he serious, or is this a twisted form of reverse psychology to fire up the conservative base?  

A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed-- conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama. It seemed at first to be an isolated fluke, perhaps signifying only that my friends know some strange conservatives. But apparently columnist Robert Novak has encountered the same phenomenon and has coined the term "Obamacons" to describe the conservatives for Senator Obama.

Who are these conservatives?  Republicans or those who have voted Republican in the past? Maybe. But conservatives who believe in more freedom and power for the people and less for the government? I can't fathom it.

Admittedly, I have friends who are uncertain about voting for the Republican nominee this year, but I don't envision them voting for Barack Obama, and in effect, endorsing the greatest expansion of government since FDR.  

A great orator Obama certainly is.  A symbol of how much our nation has advanced since only white, men with land could vote?  Yes!  I would also argue he's probably a better actor than Ronald Reagan ever was, even as "the Gipper."  I admire all of those qualities in a presidential candidate.  

But a friend of conservatism?

Not.