Obama.

Obama won Oregon and is probably on his way to the Democratic nomination. I feel good about this. I voted for him, as he can talk & "think" circles around our current president (but who can't (?) I might add...) and demonstrates inspirational leadership. But I don't know what is holding me back from feeling "woo hoo!!!" about this election. Not sure if it's my age & just feeling jaded from getting hopes dashed too many times about the possibility of a great leader turning this country around. Or perhaps the damage done in the past 8 years of Bush is such a huge trash-heap of a mountain to climb to even reach a vista from which to figure out a direction forward. Surely, a large part of my restraint is the disappointment and apprehension I feel about this crazy Democratic Primary Season. Two candidates, virtually identical in policy plans, have somehow polarized the vast majority of the population who, it would seem, has been ready to overthrow the current "regime." Either candidate, it would seem, could handle the job - Barak Obama or Hillary Clinton, even maybe Barak and Hillary... but now I must digress:

Hillary, if I could have your attention for just a moment...

Sister, what is going on?!? I so wanted to vote for you - to usher in a new era for women, for humanity, for my daughters, to ring in the death knell of sexism (even knowing in might take a few more knells...) - but you have spiraled down to desperate, disappointing behavior. And this has nothing to do with your challenging "likeability factor." This nomination has been yours to lose & you're doing a good job of losing it. Maybe you've just picked a lousy campaign team, which doesn't help your case for being a good president. Maybe the taste of power you've had being with Bill all those years in the White House is clouding your vision, throwing you off-center. Or maybe it's another 'vast right wing conspiracy,' I don't know. But I do know that you won't easily, or legitimately get the nomination at this point. And if you somehow manage to wrangle it out of this screwy primary system, the damage done will only hit another new low.

So, buck up, sister! Rise above your ego to unite this abysmal divide. Bring your redneck followers into the 21st century and let them know it's okay to vote for a black man. Convince your more conservative voters that McCain would keep us marching on this dark militaristic path leading to the Christian-God only knows where... I mean, "can't we all just get along?"

Thank you for listening. Now get on your way, girl, but keep your head high.