Undecided '08: Should I vote for Clinton or Obama? (Salon)

[kpete]

Undecided '08: Should I vote for Clinton or Obama?
On Super Tuesday, for the first time in my life, I will walk into the voting booth without knowing who to vote for. I blame John Edwards.

By Rebecca Traister

Feb. 4, 2008 "I have no idea who I'm going to vote for."

Much to my consternation, it's almost Super Tuesday, and I am an undecided voter. I am a political junkie, a Democrat; I read the papers. But for the first time in my life, barring some truly dramatic last-minute development, I am going to walk into a voting booth on Tuesday, pull a curtain closed, and see how the spirit moves me.

This is extremely humiliating. Not simply to be undecided. But to be undecided hours before the first primary in my memory in which my vote will make one iota of difference; to be undecided in a race that is historic, that has provoked more excitement than any I've yet lived through. I'm undecided at a moment -- one I thought might never transpire in my lifetime -- in which I will have the opportunity to pull a lever for a woman or an African-American. I am undecided while many around me whoop it up, volunteer, yell and cry at rallies, and feel the thrill of political certainty that I cannot share.

How is it possible that this electoral moment that should have me jazzed has instead left me paralyzed, not only by my inability to make a goddamned choice already, but by the impending sense of shame. Why is everyone else feeling so good, when I suspect that whatever decision I make is going to leave me feeling so bad?

At the moment, I'm blaming John Edwards.

more at:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/04/undecided/?source=whitelist

[abluelady]

1. Wow, I Understand!

I wish John Edwards had stayed in the race! I wish I felt "strong" thinking about which button on the damn touch screen I am going to touch.

[onehandle]

2. I'm convinced! I'm going to punish John Edwards by voting for him on Tuesday.

And if he has to serve as President, it's his own damn fault!