Maryland is not a Super Tuesday state. (We vote on February 12th).

Assuming it's still a two-person race, I'll probably vote for Obama. I think the Democratic party needs a candidate with great personal magnetism to win in November, especially since it now looks more likely that the GOP will nominate McCain.

Hillary, in my (recently revised) view, belongs to a long and venerable tradition of intelligent, experienced Democratic politicians (Kerry, Gore, Dukakis, Mondale) who lack the charisma needed in a national election. I'd love to see her win and go on to become the greatest president in my lifetime. But it doesn't seem probable.

What's more probable is that she'll go into the national election with a handicap -- too many people, for one reason or another, dislike her. She'll then have to deal with the GOP's character assassination machine -- those charming folks who brought us the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, etc. Every ugly aspect of the Clinton administration will be exhumed. We'll be reminded why, by 2000, we were kinda tired of this couple. She will lose the independent vote to McCain and won't even manage a recount or Supreme Court ruling. It will not be pretty.