Voting

I have no idea who I'm voting for in the Democratic primary and I'm very excited about it.

I like Obama and Clinton and Edwards. They all have different strengths and weaknesses. I kind of wish they could all be on the same ticket.

I find Obama's meteoric rise intriguing. When I lived in Hyde Park, I used to see him every Sunday at the Co-op pushing his little girl around in a cart buying groceries. Mostly I remember that he was really hot and the buying food and the little girl just made him hotter.

But he wasn't very exciting. Being a Harvard grad, law school professor etc., etc., is not that interesting in Hyde Park. It's kind of like saying you have a Nobel Prize and have connections to the UofC. A dime a dozen.

I was living in Bobby Rush's district when Obama ran against him. I voted for Rush becuase his official Congressional bio states: Founder- Illinois Black Panther Party. That is awesome.

And now that guy who I used to see in the grocery store is a contender for President. A black man (yes, I know there's controversy about this but it's stupid...you only know Obama is biracial b/c when he tells you) is running for president.

On the other hand Clinton has pretty good positions on the issues. I'm secretly hoping that if she DOES become president she'll ram through a single-payer health care plan. I can dream. But, her vote on the Iraq war and her refusal to say she was wrong bothers me.

I also agree with Edwards on the issues. But somehow, I think he'd be better at a cabinet position (AG or Heath and Human Services) than as president.

I keep coming back to Obama. He's just something different. Maybe what we really need right now is, in fact, a president whose middle name is Hussein (boy, does that describe Barack) and spent some time at a madrassa.