Point Of The Day: Jim Cooper Explains Why Fiscal Conservatives Should Support Obama

By Kleinheider Posted on July 18, 2008 at 9:29 am

Rep. Jim Cooper explains how his differences with Barack Obama factored into making a powerful argument for supporting him:

“Opposites attract in politics, like only Nixon could go to China,” Cooper said this week, recalling the strident anti-communist president’s trip to China. “Well probably only a liberal and an African-American could reform runaway entitlement program spending. Now there’s no guarantee of that, but I don’t see a Republican doing it.”

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