I have been thinking a lot in the last couple of days.

Please bear with me, as I’m still trying to process my thoughts on this.

Let's get something out of the way immediately: I am a proud supporter of Barack Obama. I do believe he is the best choice for the POTUS. Now, on to the topic at hand...

Have I, as a democrat, lost my way? What I mean is, am I stuck in the mud of in-fighting and ‘my gal/guy is better than your guy/gal’ rhetoric? When I really think about it, a close race like this is the best thing to happen to the party, because it shows that we have not one, but two strong candidates. If it were a complete blowout, as the Republican primary turned out to be, it would be a different story. But it’s not. It’s close, and with the Superdelegates having so much power, it can realistically go either way.

Is Obama or Clinton really the enemy, or is the Republican candidate, John McCain? I feel like there is too much at stake in November, and not enough time is being spent pointing out how either of the democratic candidates would be better-suited for the job than McCain?

We can have our own preferences over who we would like to see take the White House in November, and I obviously do.. But perhaps I can still talk about the strengths of my own preferred candidate without trashing the other.

I have some real issues with the other candidate, I won’t deny. But because I believe she would still do a better job than John McCain, and there’s the Supreme Court to think about, I might have to get ‘in her camp’ after the convention if she were to get the nomination in August. The same holds true for some of those who support Clinton, if Obama were to get the nomination.

I’m not asking anyone to ‘get in line’ behind me. I just realized that, even though I have my preferred candidate who I believe would do the best job in the White House, I still care about my country enough to not want a third Bush term (which very well might happen if McCain were to get the nomination). Writing this is the start of my own personal reconciliation with what could happen. I can hope that things go my way, but I think both sides need to stop, take a breath, and look at the greater good. And John McCain ain't it.