I'm feeling more and more anxious about this election. I know a lot of you support Obama. I hope you're right about him. I obviously don't agree with you that he's the best person for the job. Now that it looks more likely that you're going to get your way (and that he'll be nominated against McCain) I'm starting to freak out that he won't be able to win in the general election.

I just overheard two med students in the computer lab discussing the race.

Awkward Guy: "It's gonna be either Hillary or Obama."

(I'm not sure if he's saying McCain won't win or he's just really behind in terms of who is left in the democratic primaries).

Pretty Girl: "Yep."

Awkward Guy: "Who are you for?"

Pretty Girl: (Pause). "If I had to vote today, I'd... probably vote for Obama."

Awkward Guy: "Me too."

(It's fairly clear to me that this would have been his response regardless of what she said.)

Awkward Guy again: "My fear, though, is that he's this smooth-talking guy and when he gets in there he's going to turn out to be like the liberal version of George Bush. Just a total fucking moron."

Pretty Girl: No response.

This morning Mike Huckabee gave his take on why Obama is (supposedly) pulling ahead of Hillary in the nomination fight: "The American people are not looking for someone who can fix a carburetor. They’re looking for someone who can drive the car.”

Cute. God I wish our nominee were going up against that crackpot.