FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Southwest Florida Democrat "delegate-at-large", also known as a "super delegate", says she is voting for Republican John McCain for president.

Luchy Secaira of North Naples went to the Democrat National Convention in Denver, and cast her vote for Senator Hillary Clinton. Now she's turning her support to the Republican presidential candidate.

"I really believed that she could have turned this country around," Secaira told WINK News when talking about Hillary Clinton. Now that Senator Clinton is out of the race for president, she has made a new choice. "I believe that John McCain has reached across party lines, will continue to reach across party lines," Secaira explains. She continued, "he will bring everybody together to find the proper solutions."

Secaira says her vote isn't transferable within one party. She tells WINK News, she sees some of the same leadership qualities in Senator McCain that she liked in Senator Clinton. On top of that, she disagrees with Senator Obama's handling of women's issues.

Senator McCain's choice of a woman as running mate did not influence Secaira's switch. She did add, she like what she sees in Governor Sarah Palin. "I see her in the mold of Hillary Clinton," Secaira says. "She deeply cares about the people of Alaska, she's done wonderful things, she's not afraid to go up against her party."

The super delegate is not leaving the Democrat Party. Secaira says she is staying a Democrat, but in November, she plans on voting for a Republican. "This is an important election," Secaira states. "I am putting my country first, not any party, not any political party."

The McCain campaign biography of Secaira describes her this way: (being) of Dominican descent, traveled to eight states to coordinate grassroots efforts for Senator Clinton, has a doctorate of neuropsychology and was trained at New York University.