I just made fifteen telephone calls for the Obama campaign.

Which should tell you something about how I feel about him. I don't cold-call strangers for anything, ever, but for Obama? I'll do it. It was nervewracking, even though it was mostly wrong numbers and answering machines and Obama supporters. But I believe in this man. I'll do it again tomorrow night. And the night after that. Caroline Kennedy's endorsement of him in the New York Times articulates my feelings on this topic much more eloquently that I can manage, but I do want to say, just briefly:

Barack Obama has what it takes to be the best president this nation has seen in my lifetime. He and Hillary Clinton aren't that far apart on their platforms and their stances, but I feel that their approaches to politics differ intrinsically, and I like Obama's honesty and vision. I like that from the first, he stood against this war that has caused so much harm and grief and loss to our country as well as to Iraq. Clinton voted for the war, and I can't quite forgive her that. Obama's had more experience in government than Clinton (unless you count marriage as experience, in which case, I am one hell of a software designer); he was a state legislator for years before stepping into the national limelight. Swing voters are indifferent to Clinton, whereas they are intrigued and excited by Obama. More than that, he's got fire. He's got passion. He's got charisma. When he speaks, I want to listen, and I can't tell you the last time I wanted to listen to any politician.

Just read his remarks in Atlanta, Georgia, before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Yes, and yes again. I want that man to be my President.