Ok, Obama

I like McCain but the simple fact of it is that Republicans pretty much need to be punished for the last 8 years. So sorry John, I'd vote for you in any other election and you got my respect but I think it's gonna be (via Dani Rodrik):



And note the words "Por Nuestra Nacion" and "En Estra Gran Nacion", both indicating the close association of the author with the US of A. On his terms. This is assimilation in the good sense of the word. Assimilation as in folks identifying with the polity and the general public good of where they're at. So what if it's expressed in Spanish?

Viva Obama!
Viva!

Mitt Romney has me almost convinced

So... apparently McCain:
- is "bad" on taxes because he voted against Bush's tax cuts twice.
- is "bad" on torture because he opposed waterboarding.
- is "bad" on immigration because he proposed an "amnesty"

and on top of that McCain is catching a lot of hell from none other than Rick Santorum (I'm not even gonna link anything here) and happens to be one of only two candidates (along with Clinton) that doesn't start foaming at the mouth at the mention of "China" or cynically exploiting xenophobic/populist misinformed fears of some.

And here I was thinking "Obama or Hillary?" This puppy's now in the race in my head.