The Democrats who defended and supported Joe Lieberman in 2006 owe the rest of us Democrats an apology.
I feel intensely betrayed by Lieberman - but don't for one minute expect me to apologise for endorsing Lieberman over Ned 'the one trick' Donkey
I'm supporting Obama, primarily, for two reasons:
1. Obama is someone I perceive as being pretty much a left-leaning Christian Democrat - he's not a Catholic, but the social gospel is seemingly something that has informed him; indeed, capitalism with a conscience appears to be his model - when it comes to the economy and quality of life issues. I'm not sure what McCain is, nowadays, but I suspect deep-down he's just another libertarian-leaning conservative elitist, which bodes for indifference. We saw that with Phil Gramm; while Lindsey Graham said that McCain would, absolutely, be an enhancement on Bush's policies
2. And as a citizen of the world I'm looking to America for leadership and Obama is my choice to restore American prestige abroad and reassert her moral authority. What I witnessed in Berlin (albeit via a TV screen) with American flags being waved most enthusiastically is testament to that. And when he says the world is looking to America for leadership, I agree with him
I know in the UK support for Obama, among Britons transcends the ideo-political divide. In fact, when I'm loafing around my mate's tobacconist shop, whenever an American enters we lobby for Obama - and Jim, unlike me, is a staunch Thatcherite
Dave
