I am torn about McCain. There's a part of me that's rooting for him to get the nomination, because he has the air of being actually competent, and principled, and all the things that GWB is not. And I like some of the stands he's taken (campaign finance reform, zero tolerance on torture, etc.). That's the part of me that wants someone who would seems able to do the job, no matter what their party is. And I have a lot more confidence in McCain being able to do that than, say, Huckabee. And I agree, there's a lot to be said about having interesting candidates on both sides of the ballot.

But he's said things about the war that concern me, a lot. And he's way more conservative on social issues than I like. And he's far more electable than any of the other Republican candidates. And maybe it's terribly partisan of me, but after how things have done down the last eight years, I really *really* want a Democrat in the White House. So it worries me.