Reply #3: I can only speak for myself. [View All]

[Skidmore]

I see Hillary as the candidate of the machine. And the machine is broken. Her candidacy is an extension of some really bad politicking and policy making of the past two decades and cannot be separated neatly from the * terms either. I believe that Obama is a chance for a break with the past and that his encouragement of citizen participation is a way by which we can actually work together to build anew. We don't need to follow the machine, we need to get the machine to follow us. It is a different mindset than the usual partisan politics. It is also a chance to capture a real working majority as opposed to insular and well entrenched camps which have fought us to a 51-49 gridlock for decades now. We need to move the nation forward and the political system we have now is not capable of doing so. I don't believe Hillary is capable of delivering this type of change to the nation.

Edited to add that Hillary's IWR vote and support of Kyl-Lieberman also are major sticking points for me.