I thought I was going to be the only democrat to join this discussion, but it looks like that may not be the case. I hate to see that Joe Biden dropped out, although it has been clear for a while that he didn't have much of a chance. I really like what he has to say about foreign policy and I think he was the right person to get us back on the right track with the rest of the world. Hopefully he will be considered for either Secretary of State (although I'm not sure I see him leaving a senior Senate seat for that) or VP. I also don't understand the Hillary hate. Many of the reasons that have been suggested here are superficial, such as the out-of-context quotes. I'm not arguing that you should like her, I just don't understand why she is so widely hated. All she did for 8 years was try to contribute as first lady, and stay married to her husband after he cheated on her and lied about it. Maybe the hatred is purely due to sexist reasons, but speaking as a bit of a sexist myself, that doesn't seem like a sufficient explanation. My biggest domestic issue is health care. I absolutely think it should be "universal, federalized, socialized, communized".... I don't care what you want to label it. Health care is out of control and it is the insurance companies that are both perpetuating it and reaping the benefits. Meanwhile poor people are dying and the middle class are squeezed by it like nothing else. I don't know if Hillary's plan back in the 90's was worth two squirts of piss, but at least it was a plan. Maybe she's learned more about it in the Senate and can do better now. Obama's speech during the '04 convention almost made me contribute to his '08 campaign right then and there. No politician since Bill Clinton had made that kind of impression on me. He is a born leader, but given the last 4 years to consider it, I don't know if he's ready to be President yet. I want to like Edwards, but I just can't like him as more than a VP. He was clearly outgunned in his debate with Cheney last time around and I haven't gotten over it. So I'm not decided yet. I need to start following it more closely, but it's tough these days. During the '04 election I was so mad at the world that I was making friends mad at me and it left me jaded. I'll try not to get that sucked-in this time.