Of course Bart should support the candidate he thinks best as should the rest of us but the candidates are SO similar we’ve taken to debating (and inflating) media-driven bullshit and it’s causing people to become entrenched in their positions.

For me? I lean toward Barack mostly because I prefer his health care plan and I object to Hillary’s vote on Kyl-Lieberman. I’d be perfectly happy to have her in the Oval Office, just a bit happier to see Barack there…

As I’ve written here before, I am not an automatic Hillary-hater, and I’ll vote for her if she’s the Dem nominee, but I just think Obama would be the stronger candidate, warts and all, as he’s shown he can motivate large numbers of people, including first-time voters, and the types who swear they’ll never vote for Hillary. (I’m also kind of appalled that she didn’t have a Plan B following Super Tuesday. Watch that hubris.) It’s not her fault: Hill just doesn’t have the kind of natural charisma Obama has — hubby Bill does, she doesn’t, and you can’t force it, buy it, or learn it.

For various other reasons, I think Obama would have an easier time beating McCain, but if she can pull out the next three big states with impressive numbers, than that will show she’s capable of coming back and winning it all, which will be important in the general election.

In a relatively short amount of time, Obama has gone from nothing to the frontrunner — the man is a smart politician who knows how to inspire an audience and he knows how to organize a ground game, qualities most progressive candidates sorely lack. And if you think he’s going to crumple under the GOP assault forces — well, you didn’t see him in action in Illinois, as I have. He’s quiet, but deadly.

Far from being a pony, Obama is a gift horse, and I hope we’ll all support him if he’s the Dem nominee, just as we should all support Hillary if she wins the nomination. One thing’s for sure: The country can’t survive four more years of a Bush Republican in the White House.