Personally I think Obama's personal agenda is no where close to what we need for a national agenda.  He just wants to be president so he can say he is president.  Not because he knows he is the best man for the job.  And on that note I'm not sure any of the candidates are the right "man" for the job.

Tarheel (Dave)

I like Archbishop Chaput's line that our faith is always personal, but never private.

I am Republican and so of course cannot vote in the Democrat primary.

However on the off-chance that the Democrat wins in November, since Edwards looks like he will drop out, I hope the Democrats choose Obama over Clinton.

While on a policy level, Obama might be similar to Clinton, he is far less shrill and less irritating than Hillary Clinton. 

Also, and not unimportantly, since Obama is younger, he carries less of the famous baby boomer group-think baggage that dates back to the 1960's.

PTR - I thought I made clear that on a policy level, Obama and Clinton are quite similar.  Please let me be clear; I am not advocating "for" Obama. 

I am simply saying that - among the candidates on the Democrat side of this race - Obama is less irritating and shrill than Clinton and I hope Democrats (since they will either choose Clinton or Obama) will choose to run Obama. 

By the way, I often vote against someone because they are irritating.  After determining that a candidate is pro-life, likeability is one of the many things I take into consideration when voting for someone.  Why would I vote for someone I dislike? 

Again, so you do not misunderstand me, I am not a Democrat and so cannot vote in their primary (i.e., I cannot vote to choose whom they will run in the general election) and in any case, because all of the Democrats' presidential candiates are pro-abortionistas, I will not vote for the Democrat this November.

Also of course - and again so as not to confuse anyone; the following comment is only to the Democrats who are trying to decide on Clinton vs. Obama - it seems obvious that Obama carrries much less of the baby boomer generational baggage than Clinton does.  This goes to my point that in my opinion, because of how, from their youth all the way down to this day, Democrat (and even some Republican) baby boomers have destabilized and have constantly tried in one way or another to undermine various decent aspects of traditional American society, the sooner we move past having folks from that group in the white house, the better off the nation will be.