Political Endorsements

I endorse for the Republicans Huckabee and for the Democrats Obama.

I will explain my thinking in the next few days. But I have no illusions. My endorsement will have as much impact on voters other than myself as it has on my cat. To put it another way, my endorsement will have no less impact as the endorsement of Barbra Streisand for Clinton or the smarmy Dennis Miller for Giuliani. There is no proof that celebrities or the media can turn public opinion on a dime. To the contrary, in the case of Streisand's endorsement, for example, it can have a negative effect as it reinforces latent fears about Hillary's authentic beliefs, that she is more in sympathy with the Hollyweird elite than Main Street, USA. Miller, grinning on the O'Reilly show like a pervert in an adult bookstore, can only help the Democratic cause. And this statement from former Nebraskan Senator Bob Kerrey about Obama did Obama no favors: "I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim," said Kerrey.

Deciding who to vote for at the top of a state or national ticket is an accumulation of facts, impressions, and prejudices over many months and sometimes years.