Who Now?

Now that John Edwards, my preferred candidate, is dropping out, I have a decision to make: who do I support now?

I certainly wouldn't mind seeing either Clinton or Obama win the nomination, but I'm seriously conflicted at this point. I like Obama's approach to foreign policy more; Clinton's got the better health care plan. Sometimes Obama doesn't seem ready for prime time when it comes to countering political attacks; Clinton would more likely unify and energize the fractured GOP base. Obama's ideas about the viability of bipartisanship as a change engine strike me as naive; Clinton's embrace of certain aspects of the current administration's grossly inflated concept of executive power leaves me cold.

Not that my opinion matters much — I don't even get to have a meaningful vote in the primaries, given that NC is one of the last states to vote. But if I got to vote tomorrow, I'd probably pull the lever for Obama, and not have any clearly articulable reason for doing so. So there you have it.