The Democratic primaries have been the most interesting that I can recall having followed, certainly more than the current Republican nomination battle which the media keeps trying to insist is still a contest.

On the Democratic side, Clinton and Obama have waged a competitive battle for the nomination, though with his recent string of 10 victories, it looks as if it’s all but certain to land in Obama’s lap. It’s no great surprise. All you have to do is listen to the post-Wisconsin speeches from the two candidates last night to realize that Hillary has a problem. Though Obama can be rightfully criticized for an excessively lengthy speech than ran over 40 minutes, it was telling that I was able to contain my hunger for Nature’s Path FlaxPlus Granola to hear it in its entirety. Unlike previous Obama speeches I have heard from Obama, this combined both his usually inspiring oratory with specific policy pledges. I was so moved by his call for change, that I decided to have some of the Kix that my son had rejected earlier that day in favor of my usual nightly cereal.

Hillary is in desperate need of a new speechwriter. Her speech came across as meandering and flat. All the talk of “working hard” harkened back to Bush’s ‘04 debates about how he was going to solve America’s problems by working harder. Then again, Bush got elected. Her campaign seems to be a mess recently, relying on attempts to create bogus charges of plagiarism instead of promoting her own strengths (note to Wolfson: it’s hard to make a charge of plagiarism stick when the person credited with the original speech is campaigning for the person using the words). Each day seems like a new attempt to find a message and a strategy, each less successful than the previous. She’s not out of the race yet, but I just cannot see her turning this around.

But the real reason for my endorsement is the following from a recent Newsweek article:

“Michelle recently bought two MacBook laptops, one for Barack and one for the kids, so they could have video chats over the Internet.”

Done.

(Note: the author of this post is not a super-delegate, but often pretended to be one as a child).

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