It seems like California will actually get a chance to have an effect in the presidential primary for a change! So how are you going to vote and why?
I'll start.
I'm going to vote for Kucinich, not because I think he's the best person for the job, but because it sends a message, as much as my 1 little vote will do! Frankly I'm not sure who I think would be best between Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. Obama sounds like his heart is in the right place but I don't know that he's up to the job just yet. And, frankly, I haven't paid enough attention to really make an informed choice.
I figure that on one hand, my vote doesn't really matter, in that I doubt that someone is going to win by one vote! On the other hand, I don't buy the flawed logic that my vote "doesn't count" or I'm "throwing away my vote" if I don't vote for the winner, or even someone who doesn't even have a chance of winning.
So that said, I'm going to vote for Kucinich! By voting for Kucinch, I think my vote will have a bigger impact. If he does better than expected, or better than 2004, by just a percentage point or two it will be noticed by the Democrats as signal that the party is getting increasingly liberal. Hopefully they will put that in their pipe and smoke it!
So that's my , for what it's worth. How about you? How are you going to navigate this critical election?