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The McCain-Palin campaign was dealt a serious setback today when author/satirist, Christopher Buckley endorsed Barack Obama.

The McCain campaign could not be reached for comment, but a guy down the street who thinks he might vote Obama told DBKP:

“Sweet!

Who?”

Sources say John McCain himself is “angry” at the news.

It is too early for Buckley’s endorsement to reflect in the polls, but it’s thought that Buckley’s coming out for Obama might be the key to the important multi-millionaire mildly-amusing demographic.

Buckley announced his decision on The Daily Beast, Tina Brown’s new website [Sorry Dad, I'll be Voting for Obama].

Buckley cited Obama’s “temperament” as one reason he was “pulling the lever for a Democrat for the first time.” Buckley also mentioned “intellect”, but was more guarded in his assessment on that important point.

“He [Obama] has exhibited throughout a “first-class temperament,” pace Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s famous comment about FDR. As for his intellect, well, he’s a Harvard man, though that’s sure as heck no guarantee of anything, these days. “

DBKP contacted one source, “a former aide to the McCain campaign” and asked for his assessment of the Chris Buckley endorsement.

“Personally, I’m crushed.

You want that with cheese?”

Buckley broke with National Review, the conservative magazine founded by his father, William F. Buckley, over the Obama pick.

Those asking what swung Buckley to Obama need look no further than Sarah Palin, “namely, that Sarah Palin is an embarrassment, and a dangerous one at that.”

“President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren’t going to get us out of this pit we’ve dug for our ourselves…And so, for the first time in my life, I’ll be pulling the Democratic lever in November. As the saying goes, God save the United States of America.”

Shortly after the Buckley announcement, Democrat VP pick, Joe Biden released the following statement:

“President Obama and I (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren’t going to get us out of this pit we’ve dug for our ourselves…And so, for the first time in my life, I’ll be pulling the Democratic lever in November.”

It’s not known if Senator Obama and Buckley are friends or just one of the thousands of people that Obama knows.

Buckley also did not mention how many times he was registered to vote. H joins Louis Farrakhan, Hamas, Jimmy Carter, the entire line-up of the Dallas Cowboys and thousands of Europeans in lining up behind Obama.

Sources indicated that the McCain campaign was hoping to offset the loss by redoubling their efforts to win over the Bennett Cerf vote.

UPDATE:

NRO’s Mark Steyn notes the reluctance of NR staff to comment–thus far–and had this reaction to the Buckley news.

Reading Buckley’s explanation, I would summarize it as this:

If we view Obama’s past political alliances as mere cynical manipulation to advance his career and if we view his election policy proposals as just pandering to the electorate, then we can feel good about voting for him for President because of, ah , oh yes, his character.

Steyn is a #1 best-selling author and racist.

by Mondo