Dammit. My man Edwards is out, thus making my options in the Virginia primary in two weeks rather limited. I don't know who I'm going to vote for, but I do feel pretty strongly that Hillary can't beat McCain. On top of their wildly different treatment at the hands of the press which would rival 2000, in which Gore could do no right and Bush no wrong, I think enough Democratic-leaning independents would cross over to McCain because they dislike Hillary and because McCain made a big show of opposing torture. That is, before he voted for the habeas corpus-stripping Military Commissions Act of 2006. Clinton and Obama both voted against it.

That's not to say Obama wouldn't have a hard time of it against McCain, but he at least stands a chance. It's funny the way all these hardcore wingnuts like Limbaugh hate McCain when the "mav" has largely been a loyal foot soldier for his party. I shudder to think of the Supreme Court after another four to eight years of Republican rule.