I'm still pissed off at the entire lot of them, Republicans and Democrats alike, but I was disappointed, nonetheless, that John Edwards dropped out of the race today. He's been forcing everyone to at least acknowledge the fundamental core beliefs upon which the Democrat Party ostensibly is based, so his decision to stop fighting is apt to have a profoundly negative impact on the content of campaign rhetoric, that is, the poor, disenfranchised, and thoroughly downtrodden won't likely be high on anyone's agenda.
But, at least he got Clinton and Obama to agree, as I undertand it, to ensure that they would put poverty on the top shelf, for everyone to see.
I'm facing the realities that, with John McCain's star rising, it's becoming more possible that people who would otherwise not have even considered voting Republican might actually think about it. His politics are not nearly as nastily right-wing as the other loonies, so some people who tend to have very moderately liberal views might (might, I say) be able to consider voting for him. Of course, if they want the war in Iraq to end and if they want even the possibility that someone will actually hold Bush accountable for his high crimes and misdemeanors,they won't support McCain...but I'm afraid many will. So, it scares me that McCain might be gaining ground. I'd rather the Republicans pick the Huckster or Romulus...decent people would certainly refrain from tainting their souls through voting for those demons.
But now, I'm faced with a choice: Clinton or Obama? As much as I hate it, it might come down to which of the two of them I think are most likely to overcome a McCain candidacy. And I don't know the answer to that.
I don't want to look at it that way. I really don't. But I'm too afraid of four more years of a Republican administration to have any other choice.
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