Isn't Panhandling Illegal?

My Gmail is overflowing with entreaties from Bill and Hillary Clinton, Terry McAullife, and Barack Obama.

It's enough to make a person crazy. And like most people would say, for me, that's an extremely short trip.

If I had money to give, I would have given it already. I'm not going to max out my Amex on a primary candidate, especially because I can't decide which one to choose. If you held the proverbial gun to my head right now, I would probably choose Obama. I think he is the stronger candidate for the majority of the vote in November at this point.

So I am not asking for a gun to be pointed at my head, just to be clear. Heaven knows I have enough problems without a death threat.

Whatever the outcome of the primary season, I hope that the candidates give me something more substantive on which to vote in the general campaign. I think McCain may very well be the worst thing for the country, a third GW Bush term. If not for his ideals, then for his scary, terrifying base. But that is not enough of a reason to vote Democratic, I need help people.

You may want money, but I want a platform on which to stake my vote.

All these things that she's done

I desperately want to believe in a candidate, and I think Hillary has captured my imagination. I am a huge Hillarist. I've admired her since I was in high school because she was so radical. She seems to have mellowed, but I think she still has a spark of initiative to lead a new era.

I support the radical progressivism that Kucinich stands for, but I think Hillary will win. Is it just nostalgia? Maybe, but I think she could really ignite a new era of active politics.

I read an article in Fortune that talked about all of her East Coast and High Finance backers. Since she is a US Senator from New York, they have an idea of what she can do for them. That's encouraging to me. It means she could even get the support of die-hard republicans.

It seems risky for a poor college graduate from Indiana to put all his money on someone who could wind up raising taxes, but I would gladly pay hundreds more each year for the change she could bring to the country.