Reply #4: that's a very tough question you're asking

[welshTerrier2]

i assume you're referring to 2008 ... in 2006, i will strongly support my progressive Democratic Congressman, Jim McGovern ... I am currently strongly leaning toward Deval Patrick for Governor of Massachusetts ... i was elected as a delegate to the state convention a few weeks ago ... i will also vote for John Bonifaz for Sec. of State in Mass ... John is a PDA Board Member and is very outspoken against the war ...

But the national level and the 2008 elections are not a pretty picture ... i will not vote for a war supporter ... PERIOD!! and i qualify that by saying that if someone currently voting more funds for war will finally wake up and call for immediate withdrawal, i could find plenty of latitude for forgiveness ...

if faced with the likes of most of the current 2008 hopefuls, i'm afraid i will be voting for a third party candidate ... i take this deadly seriously ... i ask myself, would i really not vote for the Democrat just because of the war issue? the answer is a very definitive "YES" ... i've toyed with leaving the party completely ... i would like to believe that the Dem progressive caucus in the House will someday take control of the party ... but i'm getting sick and tired of the same old senatorial faces showing up on all the talk shows week after week and controlling the party's agenda ... if progressives can't make the party listen to them, perhaps elsewhere is better than here ... for now, i'm fighting to bring about change ... i see signs of life locally but maybe not nationally ...

for now, i see no 2008 candidate i'm likely to support ...