I do always vote for Kucinich in the primary. I know it's futile, but he's the only candidate on the ballot who's always exactly far enough to the left without crossing over into crazytown.

He's a vegan, which is the sole reason my mom voted for him in the last primary.

My mom, the values voter.

I don't really find Romney or McCain scary.

As a Massachusetts resident I pray this election puts a stake in Romney's political career (and his weasely heart). I'm grateful that the religious right is so suspicious of what his real views are precisely because I suspect what he's standing for now is far closer to what he believes than the centrist/socially liberal platform he ran on to get elected here.

Huckabee is the fellow I was thinking of, whom Jon Stewart loves despite his politics. (There's something to be said for a funny candidate, even if I wouldn't vote for him in a million million years.)

(Okay, except for the UFO thing. But that's more charming-crazy than scary-crazy.)

I saw that bit, and I was like, Oh, come on, picking on the weirdo isn't nice. (I did not wait around to find out whether he thought it was an aliens-UFO or a scary-government UFO or a "Dude. Weird light in the sky. Oh well, back to the beer!" UFO.)

I would like Edwards better if he recognized that there are 2 Ts in "important". That just bugs me.

Well, my personal impression of Edwards is that I think he's a phony and don't trust him. It's nothing to do with the "want to have a beer with" factor. Which I never got WRT Bush. I instinctively distrusted him from the get-go, and the incident that solidified my distrust and dislike into pure loathing was his obvious glee at his gubernatorial power of executing criminals that came across in one of his debates with Gore. I'm not even necessarily always opposed to the death penalty (though I'd rather it be abolished just because I think if even one innocent person is executed, that's one too many, and it's better to execute no one than to run that risk), but if you hold the power of life and death in your own two hands, it's not something to laugh and smirk about.

And I'd never vote for Kucinich even if I thought he had a chance of winning, because he just doesn't speak for me. Jim Webb is the politician I feel most in synch with these days, FWIW.

Well, I probably will vote for Kuchinich too. The nice thing about the caucus system in Washington state is that it is approximately PR - meaning that you are not wasting your vote by voting for a candidate with no chance.

I don't trust the ability to character read electronically. Everybody running for office is playing a role. With Clinton "likely to bomb Iran" trumps a lot of otherwise positive characteristics.

I have to admit to not being real excited by anybody on whatever side in the election. I was hoping very early on that Obama could be that guy, but it hasn't worked out that way.

A hawk just flew by right in front of my window. Awesome.

(I did not wait around to find out whether he thought it was an aliens-UFO or a scary-government UFO or a "Dude. Weird light in the sky. Oh well, back to the beer!" UFO.)

Yeah. UFO just means unidentified flying object. I've seen those.

I don't find Edwards slick at all. I wonder how much impressions of candidates are shaped by the press.

See, I find Edwards kind of soothing, and sometimes Hilary seems like a pod person. But I will vote for Kuchinich.