I'm not a political scientist. I don't run a website or have even cursory knowledge of basic html. I don't own any poster board. I also don't hold political office or a union card, I haven't been tortured, and I am a straight white dude who's getting married next month....

I'm voting for John Edwards in the February 5th California primary. I'm more certain of this now than ever before. I'm told that my continued support for Edwards's candidacy, like the candidacy itself, is either an egomaniacal fool's errand, racist, a betrayal of the Democratic party, or all...