To thine own self be true, saracat.

[cornermouse]

Decide your goal(s) in life and family (politics also if that's important to you), fasten your eyes on it and never let go. Just hang on to your principles and the rest is fluff.

Forget that "he's a winner" mantra that we've heard all too often here on DU. It's morally bankrupt and faulty thinking. If you think you can support Obama go ahead. If you don't that's okay too. Things are going to change, they always do. Obama will go out of style or stop being the fad, because that's really the best description of it, and become tomorrow's Clinton.