Many of you may remember that my poll to see who might be the next president had Hillary and Barack at the top. I thought that it might just be that the folks on blogstream were enlightened and open-minded. I have come to realize that America has come a long way. It is amazing to me that in this year of history, both an African American man and a woman would both have an opportunity to become the nominee for a major political party. I am encouraged, yet I am also bothered by the ways things have turned. I would not ever discount Hillary's influence on her husband, nor the role that she played as first lady. I would not discount a day of her service as United States senator. I would not discount any of Obama's experience as an elected official. It scares me to think that if a man is charismatic, he is "all talk and no action". Wasn't Reagan also very charismatic? Wasn't Kennedy? The funny thing about all of this is that I have always preferred McCain to Bush. No president bashing here. We have what we have. McCain has always been a stand up kind of guy in my book. I like Obama's policies. Yes, I know what they are because I have been listening. I like McCain's experience but I do not feel that we need someone with the experience to get us deeper into a war that seems to be accomplishing newly defined objectives with each year the goes by. I like Clinton because she is strong, like my mom. And just think about it; the one thing that she has that the other candidates don't have is that she can train her husband how to be a presidential spouse because she has 8 years experience. Finally, she would get the ultimate payback if she had an affair with a male intern during her presidency. Go out and vote the way you feel and in the end, something historic is bound to happen. Good luck to all the candidates, but Obama is my man, at least for now.