Edwards would make a good choice for vice president, but as I've stated before, he can't seem to get the support he needs from the DNC and the power brokers in the Democratic Party.  Hillary would make a fantastic president, unfortunately she comes with a ton of baggage, and has also sold herself in a number of ways that make her unpalatable to my progressive streak.  Much like Bill when he ran for president, she is a middle-of-the-road social liberal, and a fiscal moderate.  She'll never say the things that Dennis kucinich says, like doing away with the health insurance companies altogether, as proposed by Michael Moore, nor will Obama for that matter.  

The Democrats need put it all on the line to win White House this time around or the simple truth is we will be saying goodbye to the America that we once knew and loved.  It's already quite obviously to everyone with unclouded eyes that the Republicans in imminent danger from within.  

I like Obama mostly because he represents the future, a fresh start for America, and that's exactly what we need.  Hillary nor any of the other candidates can make that claim.  America has had her fill of being dragged back to the past, and if we are to move forward into the 21st-century it's time to throw off the lodestone of the 20th century which is weighing around our necks and threatens to drown us all.

Recently I've noticed a tenancy by the mainstream media to discount Obama, and downplay his candidacy, almost as if they were trying to put a damper on the huge buzz surrounding him and his campaign.  Whenever I see that kind of thing, I know that forces are allying against a candidate in the hopes of putting someone in office who is shall we say more predictable or more controllable perhaps.  There's a motive behind this subtle attempt to undermine his campaign, and it speaks of something deeply corrupt within our system.  Obama represents youth and new ideas, and many people find that threatening.  Personally I like it when these forces are afraid, I want them to be afraid.

I think it's important to have a vigorous debate to determine who will be the best candidate, but it's absolutely vital that we get the ball rolling early next year so we can do a steamroller job on the Republicans in November 08, I'm talking 320 electoral votes with 65% of the popular vote, and the Democrats taking at least 3 more seats in the Senate and 20 more seats in the house by 2010. We need to do more than win this country back, we need to win going away.  

It's time to stomp the dog dookey out of the Republicans, put them down and keep them down for the next 30 years, otherwise the United States of America is going to end up floating in the global toilet and the dream of democracy will get flushed into the proverbial Tiber the same way the Roman Empire once founded itself gutted by internal strife, corruption and overreaching militarily, to finally be overrun by the Visigoths.

It's time to "jump on the team and come on in for the big win" and I think the best chance of doing that is with Barack Obama.