[Rhodes22-list] Political: Scott McClellan, former Bush Press Sec'y, Supports Obama

[Ben Cittadino]

People;

He turned on Bush long ago, but to abandon McCain? Very Interseting.....

CNN— Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply
criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he's
voting for Barack Obama.

"From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate
that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting
things done and I will be voting for Barack Obama and clapping," McClellan
told new CNN Host D.L. Hughley

McClellan, a onetime Bush loyalist whose scathing critique of the president
sent shockwaves across Washington last spring, has long hinted he was
leaning toward the Illinois senator.

"It's a message that is very similar to the one that Gov. Bush ran on in
2000," McClellan said in May about Obama's campaign.

McClellan isn't the first member of Bush's inner circle to express support
for Obama. In 2007, former Bush strategist Matt Dowd also said he had become
disillusioned with the president and said Obama was the only candidate that
appealed to him.

The full interview will air on D.L. Hugley's new show, D.L. Hughley Breaks
the News, Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. McClellan is also a guest of Larry King
Live Friday at 9 p.m. ET.



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