I’ve read the entire transcript for yesterday’s democratic debate before I read any commentary, and before I wrote this post.

Let me just be clear on my political stance. The one good thing George Bush has done for me is to become interested in politics. So far, Ron Paul stands closest to what I’d want as president. But a democrat is likely to win this election (I think this site predicts elections best), and I want to make sure that the democrat who wins will make the changes this country needs so that I can go back to enjoying my mornings without having to read through long political debates.

Clinton did much better in this debate, she even made me chuckle poking fun at her gender, “You know, as Harry Truman famously said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” And I feel very comfortable in the kitchen.”

But even so, I think Barak would make a better president, and I’ll tell you why. He always gives straight answers (although he slipped up yesterday on the illegal immigrants having drivers licenses), and then explains those answers with the wisdom which 10 years of teaching law grants. He doesn’t attack Clinton like the pretty boy John Edwards, he simply says, “I know I will be better. And that is why I am running.”

Barak also – even though he’s taken a lot of heat for it – maintains his policy of meeting with our enemies in person. When I fantasize what I’ll be doing when I’m President, I’m always in our enemy’s country giving a speech – in their language (I’m multilingual in my fantasies) – where I make everyone cheer. Then I shake hands with Ahmadinejad, or Chavez, or Bashar al-Assad, or Hitler, and we’re all friends again. So Barak and I share the same castle in the sky.

That said, it still looks like if the election were tomorrow, Hillary would win by a landslide. I’m really not as polarized to her as most people are. She seems quite educated (she is) and composed. I believe she’ll do better than Bush, so I wouldn’t complain if she won. But there is still a year left, so let’s see if Obama can’t gain more ground.