As if anyone cares who I endorse. Just writing this for future reference of our grand children.
I'm just going to say this off the bat, the three main candidates (Edwards, Clinton, Obama) have very similar positions and, for the most part, I agree with them (though they tend to be less liberal and more liberal in some parts). The distinctions between their positions are minimal in my view. The only one who has distinctly different positions is Kucinich. His positions on gay marriage and other issues is why people like Terrance at RepublicofT support him. But my decision has come to this: Which one do I think would make a _good_ president, one the country needs. I don't think Kucinich will make a good president, at all, for the reasons this man states and more. Thus I won't vote for him.
That leaves the other three...
So, my choice isn't based on their positions (though Obama's position on equal rights is slightly better), but more on if I think they would make a good president and good for the country.
Clinton would probably make a good president, in a vacuum. But she will not be good for the country. The divisiveness of the last 16 years would only continue for another 4-8. I'm not sure she'd be able to govern well and the country would continue this miserable divisiveness. Her campaign isn't giving me any hopes she could run the country (with it's internal strife, negative attacks, etc).
I assume Edwards would make a decent president, but I don't know. I have a nagging feeling that he's not a true progressive convert.
Obama would make a good president and I believe would be exactly the kind of president that this country needs. His positions are sound and he speaks to the optimism, idealism and change this country needs. I agree with this Washington Post editorial too.
I'll vote for Obama in the primaries and for which ever candidate gets the Democratic nod in the election (because, other than McCain, there isn't a single other Republican candidate I'd even consider vaguely)
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