I'm only a semi-casual Kossack (for example: this is only diary #3), but I distinctly recall seeing the reclist full of "get off your @$$, stop talking about the horse race, and go work the doors and phones!!!" diaries for the early primaries. But I haven't seen that for a long time.

I've been supporting Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, but I haven't been extremely enthusiastic. Here's why.

If we look at Obama's and Hillary's basic policy ideas, they're not terribly different. The difference in their health policies everyone is talking about, i.e. forcing everyone to join the new plan (Clinton) vs. simply offering a new plan and making it affordable (Obama), is blown out of all proportion. Please, people, let's focus on getting health care for 95 percent of the country before we freak out about that last 5 percent.

But if we look at what kind of people they are, and how they would govern, Obama, for all his faults, looks way better. So much better it's not even funny.

[edit: took out Bush stuff, not strictly relevant.]

I should be writing my research paper, but I'm so psyched about the Iowa result that I had to take a little break: