NYTimes: "In McCain Country, Acceptance of Obama Grows"

[KansasVoter]

Not a single county in Oklahoma stirred from the orderly phalanx marching behind Mr. McCain, the Senator from Arizona who was the Republican nominee, and Mr. Driskill, the owner of an insurance agency in downtown Tulsa, said he was proud to be in those ranks. Statewide, two out of three voters supported Mr. McCain — the highest rate in the nation.

But that largely monolithic, conservative Oklahoma is harder to find now. While there are countless Mr. Driskills here — and hardly anyone doubts that Mr. McCain would easily win again in a redo of the vote — there are also new fractures and fault-lines as some voters have shifted toward accepting what the rest of the country wrought in giving Mr. Obama a lopsided victory.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/us/politics/20tulsa.html?_r=1&hp

[bluestateguy]

1. Disgusting. How dare any American go against the President of the United States

And in a time of war, when we have troops in the field fighting our war on terror.

The next fo--, er, eight years are going to be fun.

[Wapsie B]

2. I wonder if redistricting would help Oklahoma?

[ACTION BASTARD]

3. If you don't support the prez then you hate the troops.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

4. I don't get the folks being upset about this article...Did you read it?

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Some people have, in fact, changed their minds. Leonard Nelson, 63, a 23-year military veteran of both the Army and the Navy, said he had voted for Mr. McCain mainly through military fealty — believing that Mr. McCain’s own military record would make him a better commander in chief.

“But I’ve come to think the better man won,”

“Business fell off a cliff,” said Mr. Green, who pitches in at lunch. In conversations with customers, he said he had heard more business people agree lately that an Obama stimulus plan was sounding pretty good for the city.

“What I’m sensing from Obama in making the choice he did — he’s saying to all groups, ‘Why don’t we come together?’ ” Mr. Daugherty said in an interview.

“Nothing’s changed,” said John Rittenoure, a software developer for Tulsa’s electric utility company, referring to his opinion of Mr. Obama. “But you’ve got to give the guy a chance, see what he can do.”

sigh

[BeyondGeography]

6. Because it's dipshittery day on DU

And it has been un.freaking.real.

[asdjrocky]

5. No such thing as McCain Country.

Not here anyway. All these 50 states is Obama Country. See, we had a vote.