Several times a day, it seems, I am asked to commit for Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton as my choice for President. I have not yet made up my mind and I will wait a while before deciding. In fact, I may not decide at all. I’ll let the primary elections and the Democratic Convention decide for me. Whichever one is the nominee, I will support and vote for that person.
My problem is that I don’t have enough information about either person to cause me to decide today which one I would prefer as President. I’d like either one of them. Enough information? There are several diaries here on Daily Kos being written every day with information (?) about each one. Sanders has a universal health care plan. Clinton wants to stay with what we have and make incremental changes. Sanders put his foot in his mouth about Planned Parenthood, about Black Lives Matter, etc. Clinton has been less than candid about emails, or whatever. Etc., etc., etc. Actually no information, just opinion. What would either person do as President with a hostile Congress? Which one would be better at dealing with Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell? Which one would be more successful at changing the political slant of the Supreme Court?
I don’t have answers for any of these questions.
A simple, direct question: which one do I like better? Suppose I were on a two month cruise with either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton as a companion. Which one would I choose? I think I would choose Senator Sanders over ex-Senator Clinton. Superficially, his personality appeals to me more than hers. Again, I do not know. Sanders in person may be different from the Sanders I see on television or in the news. I’ve never met either on them and don’t know what either of them is really like.
I continue in the dark. I await the end of the primary elections and the national convention. I take solace that either of them will be worlds better than any of the Republicans now running.