It is becoming clear that the last week has changed many people's minds and caused a large number of people that were sitting out the election to now express support for team McCain. One long-time conservative McCain-basher, John Hawkins of the influential blog Right Wing News, made his switch official today.
As RWN's regular readers already know, I have been a harsh critic of John McCain for a long time and back in May, I wrote a post called, "Why I Will No Longer Support John McCain For President." That post was widely linked and was probably why I was blackballed from the Republican National Convention.
Now, it is not at all clear that Hawkins came to this decision because of the Palin pick, like most. It seems he actually came to the decision after the reaction to the Palin pick. A small difference, but significant nonetheless. He concludes:
Despite the fact that I have a lot of differences with John McCain, I am going vote for him and I would encourage you to do the same. Whatever else you may say about the man, he is capable of handling the presidency and his election will teach the left more about common decency than any mere words ever could.
It's good to have you on our side, John. We've got a liberal to defeat.
And I have a Green Bay Packers game to start drinking for. Barring major news tonight, I'll be back tomorrow.
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