It’s February 5th. Do you know what day your primary is on? For most of our readers, there’s a good chance it’s today. CT, NJ, NY, MA, CA, and 19 other states have at least one party’s primary today.
If you live in any of those states, get out and vote!
Remember, in some states, for example CA, you can vote in a primary even if you’re an independent. I don’t believe this is the case in CT, and it’s unfortunately too late to change your party affiliation.
I’m voting for Barack Obama today. I won’t go into why again, but I will point to two blog posts that reflect why I’m choosing Obama over Clinton. The links are at the end of the post, but here’s an excerpt from Katherine’s post at Obsidian Wings:
And, I feel foolish saying this, but I think Barack Obama understands this in his bones:
Those glittering abstract nouns aren’t sufficient, but they can be damn useful. They aren’t accurate descriptions of this country right now, and probably they never have been, but a lot of Americans are sincerely attached to them. And sometimes, when presented with a stark contradiction between the bedtime stories we learned about this country as children, and concrete effects of our actions, we will choose to make the bedtime story true rather than give it up entirely.
The contradiction is truly, painfully glaring in 2008. And I think that an Obama presidency is our best shot in quite a while at making those bedtime stories a little bit more true. Hell, even electing him would make the stories a little more true. I think that’s why his campaign has come this far.
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There are no guarantees in any of this. It IS a roll of the dice; what election isn’t? He might be effectively knocked out of contention tomorrow. He might lose in November. He might be a one termer and a huge disappointment.
But whether that happens depends, in part, on us. And damn–don’t you want to try?
I do. Obama ‘08.
I do too.
Of course, Publius had the best line:
He had me at Scarlett Johansson.
Indeed.
The Why I’m Voting for Obama Primer
- Maybe we can, by Katherine
- Actually, I think we can by Hilzoy
- Losing in Translation by Publius
- Two quick thoughts about Obama vs. Hillary - My post explaining why Obama
- Pulling the Lever - Kevin Drum’s reasons for voting Obama today
I’d suggest reading the first three at least, especially if you’re undecided. The first two are mostly summary posts pointing to lots of other posts and articles about Obama, but the third one points out a few policy items that might be new to many of you. Also, Obama has been endorsed by TechCrunch and Larry Lessig, a good sign for the tech minded among us. The rest of the links are just FYI.
Get out and vote!
February 5th, 2008 at 7:59 am
I voted. For Obama. I’ve been thinking about the actual election quite a bit lately and have decided that Hillary is potentially un-electable. I’d rather have an inspiring person with less experience in the White House than the potential of a Republican winning, simply because people don’t like Hillary, so they will vote Republican. McCain is liberal enough that I think D’s that don’t like Hillary would switch and potentially push the general election in his favor. I can’t deal with 4 more years of a Republican running the show. Hence, Obama. I do like his policies, I’m just slightly concerned about the experience level. I guess I should look at his potential, rather than just the experience though.