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    Doug Kmiec Says He's an Obamacan

    Douglas Kmiec was legal advisor to Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, but this Sunday, he delivered an endorsement he said his own friends might see as "treachery." He endorsed Barack Obama . Why would a conservative Republican do such a thing?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Douglas Kmiec was legal advisor to Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, but this Sunday, he delivered an endorsement he said his own friends might see as "treachery." He endorsed Barack Obama. Why would a conservative Republican do such a thing? Kmiec, who now teaches Constitutional law at Pepperdine University, admits that his endorsement of Obama "comes from an unlikely source."

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Political Comebacks and Shifting Opinions
    1. 1:35Military Mistakenly Delivers Missile Parts to Taiwan
    2. 6:58Obama Was on the Ropes, Now Clinton Urged to Get Out of the Ring
    3. 42:51Doug Kmiec Says He's an ObamacanYou’re reading this
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