Stay home if you want, but don’t go whining when we are in Iraq from another 4 years, Roe v Wade is overturned, and Intelligent Design is taught side-by-side with evolution across the nation…

I’m afraid we’ll have to agree to disagree. Vote for her, if you wish, but don’t expect anything to change for the better. And besides, if she’s light years ahead of McCain, what’s the danger of people like me who don’t want either of them in the White House staying home? Won’t the obvious benefits of her presidency be on full display for all voters to see? Would she really be so weak as to be threatened by people like me who have come to expect something more in our presidents? I’ve survived George Bush, and while I don’t like McCain, he’s not as crazy or as stupid as Bush. I’m sorry, but I refuse to vote for someone I do not want in the White House, and I am sick of having to choose the lesser of the two evils.

If you think Hillary Clinton could accomplish something good, then vote for her, but don’t overlook the fact that the RNC is drooling at the prospect of a Clinton nomination, and would be positively giddy over the chance to sabotage another Clinton presidency and put themselves back into power.

Which brings me to the Congress. You mentioned the Supreme Court, and I share your fears of an extremely conservative bench. But remember that the Senate is very likely to have more Democrats in it after this election, especially if McCain wins, and would not be very accomodating to another far-right justice.

I agree that McCain is worse than Clinton, but that seems to be the only justification for voting for her. Disagree with me all you want, but I’m not holding my nose to vote again.

Clinton may not be ideal for a lot of people (remember that she IS ideal for many), but let’s get real for a second. Despite how you feel about how she’s been acting, she will govern further to the left than McCain ever would! Handing the election to McCain could very well destroy what little liberties we have left! You think there’s a problem NOW with Creationism in the classroom? What until McCain nominates a few more Supreme Court justices and tilts the court FURTHER to the Dark Ages.

I am an Obama supporter since Edwards dropped out of the race. And, by god, if Clinton gets the nomination I will flip-flop to Clinton’s side SO FAST your head will spin. This election is too important to not vote for the “better of two bads” so-to-speak.

Most Americans want their candidates to not do unsavory things - this is true. But one could easily argue that the way the system is set up, Clinton is simply getting to the mud (which statistically DOES work) before her opponent and that could, in fact, be an advantage.

Again, I like Obama better, but I’m being realistic here. I don’t want to live in a theocracy and have 100 years of war with the middle east. Given a choice between McCain and Clinton, Clinton is LIGHT YEARS ahead of McCain.

Very, very true. I fear that all Clinton’s mudslinging will accomplish is to hand the presidency to McCain on a silver platter. Think about that for a second, and then consider that if McCain wins, he will succeed a president of his own party, a man he has figuratively and literally embraced, who happens to be the worst president in modern history. She will either hand McCain enough ammo to distract us from what Obama is trying to say, or she’ll be the nominee herself (undoubtedly through nefarious, underhanded means) and all of us who for once felt some optimism about a presidential candidate will stay home on election day disgusted with our paltry choices. Hillary Clinton only cares about being the president, she is willing to do just about anything to that end, and there are enough people out there to help her along. Once again it must be said: “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups”.

You have much more confidence in the Democratic party than I do. The only thing they’ve proven skilled at is losing elections.

My understanding is the otherwise unemployed Huck was using the campaign to keep him in the speech business. Hey, I’m sure it pays better than a Sunday pastor gig.

I’m not completely certain, but I think this will be a democratic year, and McCain will never be our president.

What I am worried about is how the media fawns over McCain like he, himself, is the second coming. More news outlets were angry at the REPORT about McCain’s ethics (and potential affair) than were angry at him (or even wanted to investigate him).

A barage of positive spin for McCain is, I feel, even more likely to turn a fundie vote around than simply hating Clinton (although that will always be a part).

(I don’t actually pray, but you get my point.)

On Huckster, all I have to say is this: Where’s God when you really need Him?

You’ve summed up the only real reason I favor Obama over Clinton.

I’m sure we’ll see Huckabee again in four years.

Second, Huckabee may or may not expect a VP nod from McCain. I don’t expect to see that, though McCain will definitely pick a young evangelical Christian - the looniest he can get - to make up to the Republican base. However, neither McCain nor Huckabee are popular with the wealthy wing of the GOP, so he wouldn’t be much help there. No, I suspect that Huckabee is simply positioning himself for a presidential run in 2012, expecting that McCain will get beat this year. After November, you can bet that Huckabee will be running for president for the following four years.