Ok, I'm not talking about drugs here but instead the very real problem that Obama has with convincing a good part of the Democratic primary voters that he has the substance to deserve our votes. I, like so many of the folks I know here in liberal Madison, Wisconsin am an Edwards supporter who is now faced with the dilemma of picking between Clinton and Obama, and in this diary I will share some of those thoughts.
UPDATED: Thank you all for your comments. Despite the occasional insults and accusations of trollism, many readers of this diary seemed to understand that I am actually trying to advance dialog beyond the current "my candidate is better than yours, BTW yours is running out of money" stuff that has taken over this board. The funniest part of some of these flames is that being part of the group "formerly known as Edwards supporters" I find myself leaning more towards Obama sometimes and defending him, yet by exploring his weakenesses I get accused of all kinds of stuff. Whatever.
For those who wish to explore the reasons that we still have two viable Democratic candidates, I suggest the following NYT piece that supports exactly the points made in this diary (below the fold).
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