As for supporting Hillary, since you are new here, you should know that while I've made no secret that I favor her and Edwards over Obama, I haven't endorsed either. I don't think Obama is experienced or tested and I don't trust his vague promises of "hope, change and optimism."  I'm so sick of those words, what do they mean specifically... what agendas does it means he supports or will introduce the other two won't? I'm also not particularly concerned about corporations and lobbyists -- they aren't my issues or particularly relevant to this blog. I've read all his policy papers that he puts out at campaign events. There's nothing new in them that Hillary and Edwards aren't also advocating. And Obama stresses compromise with Republicans too much for my taste. I don't want a united red-blue state America. There's important differences between the parties and I want Democratic policies and values to prevail -- I have no interest in seeing them diluted so we can all get along.

If Obama's the nominee, I'll support him because I want a Democrat to win. But he's not my first choice -- he's my third choice.