All of my preferred candidates have dropped out, so I am now supporting Obama

[IndianaGreen]

John Edwards conducted himself with integrity and courage, and he spoke for working class Americans in a way in which no one outside of Dennis Kucinich had done.

I only threw my support to Edwards a few days ago, having felt a sense of loss since Biden dropped out. I had originally supported Kucinich, but he was going nowhere and Biden and Dodd had fought valiantly against Kyl-Lieberman and that horrible telecom amnesty in the FISA bill.

Now that Edwards has dropped out, I have ran out of candidates to support. I will support Obama despite my disgust with his rubbing elbows with "cured" LGBTs. I have to balance that aspect of Obama with the Clintons' track record of throwing LGBTs under the bus.

The kind and admiring words by Jimmy Carter about Obama, as well as Caroline and Ted Kennedy's strong endorsement, should be enough to overcome any reservations I may have had about Obama on LGBT issues.

I close by saying that your support for Obama in DU has been, and continues to be honorable and commendable, lacking the rude behaviour we have seen from supporters of another candidate that shall remain nameless.

Let's not lose sight of November. The country can ill afford another four years of Republican rule.

Ciao!

[karynnj]

1. Nice to see you here

I've seen some of your intelligent posts for years. Nice to be on the same side.

[beachmom]

2. Welcome to the Obama forum, IndianaGreen.

I am sorry your candidate dropped out. I know what it's like (I'm a Kerry supporter). We appreciate your support of Obama.

[divineorder]

3. Welcome

You will find Obama far better than you think.

[wisteria]

4. Welcome! I began to take another look at Sen. Obama when Senator Kerry gave him his support,

Senator Kennedy's endorsement was "icing on the cake". I flirted with the idea of Senator Clinton for a brief time, but decided that she really wasn't going to bring the kind of change I wanted to see in Washington, so here I am and I respect what Senator Obama has achieved the more I read about his life.

[ginnyinWI]

5. not claiming to be the expert on LGBT,

and no offense intended, but on this and probably other issues we'll have to get used to Obama using the big tent approach, no matter how he personally stands on issues. I mean, he doesn't seem to want to do the stereotypical liberal politics thing and only throw red meat to the left.

It will take a little getting used to on the part of some of us older Dems (well I'm older, anyway!), but it just may be the way to win a fraud-proof majority--by reaching out to all sides. To lot of Lefties this will look like selling out, but as I understand it, Obama is simply trying to gather people together and not exclude people. It means letting everyone on board who wants the same things for America. It means not separating people into acceptable or unacceptable catagories while campaigning. I don't know if I'm making sense--it's late, I'm tired and I haven't tried to articulate this before. I just know that Obama is trying something new.

No doubt a lot of us will be taken out of our comfort zones on this or that issue. Some of them will be picked up and exaggerated and distorted by the media, making them seem worse, too. But the kids seem to get him. They seem to be seeing the big picture.

added: My number one would have been Kerry, and after him Biden,too. But I'm settled that Obama would be a great president--and Kerry's endorsement has made it final for me!