Look, I'm working my ass off to try to brace for an Obama nomination.  I'm really trying.  I'm trying to figure out how to get my mind around voting for him.  I get in the right mind set and someone here writes a comment that gets me back into defensive mode again.  

I'm still hoping against hope that Hillary ties or wins in Oregon and wins in Kentucky.  I'm hoping that these voters see through the media death sentence.  I've been here before, though.  I was hoping the same thing for Edwards in South Carolina.  I was hoping the same thing for Edwards in New Hampshire.  So I'm bracing myself also for a let-down and how to deal with this.  I wish Obama would stop doing 'victory laps' before this is over.  It smacks of arrogance to me.  It DOES bring out memories of competive men who are only happy when they bring you down.  I am hoping that this attitude plays out in unfavorably in the remaining states.  We'll see.  

I'm reading Westen's The Political Brain right now and some things which have been bothering me for weeks have suddenly become clear.  

We are all values voters.  We all vote based on our perceptions and emotions before policy.  

This is running me in a circle because I am one of those people who have said in polls that I would vote for McCain over Obama if Obama is nominated rather than Hillary Clinton.  I read stories about McCain and his environmental policies, his view on the war, his economic speech and I can't square the circle.  

My mind knows I don't like this guy.  But my heart seems to prefer John McCain over Obama.  Westen's book seems to explain it.