I admit to having lost a little bit of perspective about the primary, too. Some things to think about:

Like many people, I have gotten pretty caught up in the Democratic nomination fight over the last couple of months. After initially leaning towards Edwards, I shifted to Obama for a variety of reasons. As I became increasingly invested in (and excited by) the prospects of his winning the nomination, I found myself getting irritated by the tactics of the Clinton campaign, sometimes voicing my frustrations on this site in a fairly full-throated fashion.

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And then I awoke the next day to two stories on NPR concerning rising food commodity prices and the enormous impact that this is having domestically and internationally. I felt a bit ashamed that I was obsessing over the Democrats’ internecine battle and issues of tactics and the like at a time when the ability of large numbers of people to feed themselves and their families seems to be growing ever more tenuous as a result of poorly crafted public policies.

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The take away lesson to me seemed obvious — we cannot afford to allow the Republicans to continue to run this country. It will be a disaster not only for ourselves, but for the world writ large.

I agree. That’s why there’s no realistic circumstance where I won’t vote for the Democratic nominee or encourage all of you to do the same. I’m just tired of choosing the lesser of two evils, and really thought the Dems had two good, positive candidates to choose from.