As the subject line says.  Tomorrow, I will get up early and go with Diana to the polls.  Happily and without reservation, we will both cast votes for Hillary Clinton.  I can support Obama, should he advance to the general election, instead of Hillary Clinton, but I believe she is the better choice.  I've followed the debates and the campaigns assiduously.  I've been to both their webpages regularly.

Obama has a "vision."  Visions are nice.  Visions can be inspirational.   But a trip to his website reveals that his concrete plans for enacting any of the "change" he proclaims are nebulous at best.  A trip to Hillary Clinton's website reveals a candidate who has given thought as to how "change" can realistically be enacted.  

Clinton is a tough cookie.  Some people, of course, interpret that as "bitch."  It's the two-edged sword of being a woman with both edges pressed against your throat.  If she's too soft she ca't possibly be a tough president.  If she's too tough, then she's an unlikeable bitch.  But frankly, I don't care about "likeability" anymore.  A lot of us might agree that George Bush was "likeable."  We could go to the corner bar and have a beer with him.  But the likeable good 'ol boy has been a disaster as a president.

And in that regard, Obama reminds me of Bush.  Likeable.  Inspirational.  But I was really put off when he declared in debate that he wasn't long on hands-on administration, that he would hire the right people to handle the details of enacting his vision.  Sorry.  But that was Bush's approach.  

So I'm voting for HIllary Clinton.  I hope that many of you will also vote for her.  It's time we had a woman in the White House.  Either Clinton or Obama represent change, and certainly either one will be a vast improvement over what we've had for the last eight years.  But Clinton brings an authority and ... yes, I'll use the word... experience that can make the changes she represents happen.

Best,
   Robin