I like Sarah Palin. A lot. She’ll come under fire for lack of experience and gravitas (could she go toe-to-toe with Putin?), but I think she’ll do fine. She’s good people, and pretty spunky from the sounds of it.

Four good candidates. For me, it’s a win-win election. I have definite views about what the country needs right now and where we need to go. For that, I lean rather strongly toward Obama. I have concerns about him, but more concerns about McCain and areas in which his views don’t represent where I feel we need to go. If we hadn’t just undergone eight years of George Bush’s wrecking ball, with debris scattered everywhere, I would easily vote for McCain.

But they’re both good men. To me, there’s no need to demonize any of the four candidates, and I hope (with little real hope) that this campaign can stay civil. They’re all good people, and I’ll probably be happy whichever way it goes. (Cindy McCain would make the best First Lady.)

Two months to go. Lots could happen. One of the biggest McCain negatives, for me, is that he’s using a Karl Rove disciple to run his campaign, and we’re seeing Rovish tactics. This turns my stomach, and I hate seeing McCain diminish himself this way. If Obama bows to similar tactics, I’ll be similarly disappointed.

But right now, I want to, for the most part, rejoice knowing that whoever wins, the country will be better off.