Our old pal Ben Smith speaks to Heartland Values Voters, more specifically, Republicans who voted in the Indiana Democratic primary.
More Republicans who crossed over seem to have done so either for more straightforward reasons -- they prefer one of the Democrats to the other, at least as a second choice, and may be considering crossing over in the general election.
That was the case with Larry Lamanna, 60, a Lou Dobbs fan and former Romney supporter at another table who doesn't like John McCain's stance on immigration.
He said he was "thrilled" to hear Clinton say she'd "obliterate" Iran. "It's time someone spanked those people," he said.
He said he's keeping an open mind for November, but is leaning "60-40" to McCain.
Two points: (1) the chances of Larry Lamanna, 60, voting for a Democrat in November may be computed as the sum total of jack plus squat; (2) Larry Lamanna, 60, is a fucking lunatic, and I don't see how you can court the votes of someone like that and remain a candidate committed to sensible ideas liberals could endorse and which the country quite frankly desperately needs to see implemented, like, say, the concept of "no stupid wars."
