Ok, really from yesterday, not today, but I thought it worth sharing.  A reader comments:

No offense to the blog-at-large, but I find these larger issues more compelling than the thinly veiled "Obama Rocks" posts... and by the way, I too think Obama rocks.  I just feel like there is so much going on right now that we need to talk about, moving beyond the endorsement of any one candidate.

Guilty as charged.  Back in the 2006 midterms, I think in general this blog did a better job covering a multitude of issues.  Since the midterm campaign went on longer than this primary season, and covered so many different candidates in so many different regions, invariably that situation prevented this blog from becoming no more than a megaphone for one particular candidate.  Check out the archives if anyone's curious.

However, this is a different situation, with only a handful of candidates to choose from, and a much more compact timeframe to choose them in.  We are in the heat of the most important primary season of my lifetime.  The Democratic Party has the opportunity to achieve a re-aligning victory in November over the Republicans.  They also have the opportunity to blow it, yet again. 

Come this Saturday, the S.C. primary will likely decide whether Hillary still has a viable challenger in Obama.  Ten days after that, on Feb. 5, this nomination will be decided.  In the heat of this kind of contest over no less than the soul of the party, and, frankly, the country, I'm afraid I'm going to play The Obamanator more often than I'd like.  I just feel that passionately about his candidacy, and about the direction I believe he can take us.

In the next few days, I'll be posting a lengthy piece explaining in depth why I've come to support the senator from Illinois, and why I believe my readers should too.  In the meantime, I really welcome and appreciate the feedback.