Quinnipac Clinton 61%, BS 30%, MOM 2%

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7. In 2008, I was on the fence for quite a while

because I had really wanted either Al Gore or Howard Dean to be a candidate again. I briefly thought of supporting John Edwards, but my heart was never in that, in part because I found him a real lightweight on foreign affairs. I liked his wife much better than I ever liked him. He didn't deserve her and ultimately proved himself unworthy of my - or anyone else's - vote. Thank god, he didn't get too far.

When it became clear that the primaries would really shake down to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, I was still quite torn about Hillary's IWR vote. But I also really believed that Obama, a mere first-term Senator at the time, although a charismatic candidate on the order of JFK, needed a bit more seasoning at the national level. Still, I believed that there was no question that either would be MUCH better than anything on the R side.

In the end, I voted for Hillary in the MD primaries. But when she bowed out of the race, Barack Obama received my strong and single-minded support and I am SOOO glad that he won! In 2012, there was never even a question of divided loyalties. I am very proud of my Prez.

I found Hillary's work as SoS to be outstanding. Many thanks to Prez O for giving her the opportunity to shine in that position and to rebuild credibility with me. I find it exceedingly frustrating that so many on DU remember only her IWR vote and continue harping on anything else that confirms their anti-Hillary bias, rather than looking objectively at her many achievements. If she were male ....