Published 8/26/2008
by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
at CNN Political Ticker
Former Republican Congressman Jim Leach addressed the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
DENVER (CNN) — Jim Leach was a former liberal Republican. It’s an endangered and nearly extinct species. Most liberal Republicans have left the party. Many of them have become Democrats; many of them, like Jim Jeffords, have become independents.
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