TPM: Republicans Turning Out in OH-For the Dem Primary (backing Hillary):

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Republicans Turning Out In Ohio — For The Dem Primary
By Eric Kleefeld - March 4, 2008, 4:09PM

Thanks in part to the lack of a competitive GOP contest, a lot of Republican voters are crossing over to vote in the Democratic primary — so much so that Democratic ballot requests are out-numbering the Republicans in even a lot of GOP strongholds. Just who is benefitting, though, it not yet clear.

In the heavily-GOP Cleveland suburb of Chagrin Falls, an estimated 70% of today's ballots are being cast in the Dem race. And judging by the folks who talked to the Plain Dealer and indicated who they'd voted for, they were breaking mostly for Hillary Clinton. We'll find out tonight just how widespread that pattern was.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/republicans_turning_out_in_ohi.php

YOU MAY RECALL THAT OH GOP LEADERSHIP WAS ROOTING FOR HILLARY AS THEIR BEST CHANCE TO WIN BACK THE WHITEHOUSE IN THE FALL:??



Ohio Republicans pulling for Clinton to win
By HOWARD WILKINSON
The Cincinnati Enquirer


One of the worst-kept secrets of the Ohio presidential primary is that Republican Party leaders have a candidate they are rooting for on the Democratic side.

Her name is Hillary Rodham Clinton; and they believe that if she wins the Ohio primary and goes on to become the Democratic nominee, she will be the one who unites their dispirited and divided party and gives them their best chance of keeping the White House this fall.

?? It is a belief that the Clinton campaign says is wrong; and they will campaign across the state for the next three weeks making the argument that their battle-tested, experienced candidate is the only one who can go toe-to-toe with John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee. this fall.

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http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BA/20080218/NEWS03/80218011/1002

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