Hey Primary Voter, Still Undecided?

If you are a Democrat: Have you heard John McCain lately? He will make you pine for G.W. Bush. McCain is all about fear and violence. We have wasted close to a trillion dollars that could have fixed so much that needs to be fixed in America on a needless war in a little country, and have written our name in blood. Barack Obama not only opposed this war and has the credibility to end it, he will not get us into more needless and destructive conflicts, and he will lead us back into the world community, so it can be a good thing to be an American again. The polls show that Barack Obama is the candidate to beat McCain or any Republican, instead of the candidate that half the public consistently says they don't like. Obama will do what he has done in the primaries--he will grow the party and bring people together in the service of principle and needed change. He alone can lead the ticket to get the kind of majority in Congress and support in the country to get things done.

If you believe the Climate Crisis is the greatest threat to the future: then you know the transformational change that will be necessary to address it in all its aspects, to fix the problems it causes as they happen, to stop even worse consequences in the future. Barack Obama--his skills, his message and how it is resonating in this country already, as well as his philosophy and pragmatism--is our best hope for leading this transformation. And he will do it in the right way--not with fear or fiat, not with top down power but with active participation and common sense.

If you are an independent, or independently minded: as Maria Shriver said Sunday, if you want to bring people together to get things done, it requires a commitment from the very beginning--and that's what Obama's campaign has been about, when he was down in the polls, and when he won elections. Obama is not beholden to Washington politicians or lobbyists like another candidate we could name. He brings something new.

And a bit of California housekeeping--If you are registered as a no-preference voter, and you want to vote for Obama in the primary, you must ASK FOR A DEMOCRATIC PARTY BALLOT, or you will be given a ballot that only has the state and local propositions.

To all the people I told in 2000 that George Bush would be a worse disaster than they could imagine: listen to me this time. These primaries matter, this election matters, and Barack Obama is not just the better of two choices--he is the best choice. This is the time to step up.

Today I will be casting my vote for exactly the right leader for these times, and for the future: Barack Obama. Please join me in doing so. A better world is possible. Yes. We can. Make it so.

The Democratic Primary in California and 21 other states is TODAY!

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