When my state finally has its primary I will write in the name of Joseph Biden as a statement of protest and so I can clearly and proudly claim that I voted for the very best candidate during the primary of the 2008 presidential election, though our national primary will be effectively over by then. I am angry and distraught over the ignorance shown by the Democratic Party once again, and their willingness to sacrifice their Party and their nation in order to nominate the candidate they determine to be the most celebrity-like.

Democrats had the ideal candidate in Joe Biden. His intellect was unmatched, and he not only believed in moving the Democratic agenda forward, he had the experience, the network of legislators, and the determination to get it done. He's a man of unparalleled ethical standards. Republicans could not dismantle his presidential bid for having done hard drugs or unscrupulous business arrangements for the sake of furthering his career. He's spent his entire life living the family values that Republicans can only pay lip service to. I honestly believe that many Democrats are turned off by his clean living, lending credence to the Republican's charges that the Democrats lack strong moral standards. He is not a particularly wealthy man, worth about $150,000, and has more in common with the average American than any other candidate. He lost his first wife and a baby daughter when he was 29 to a drunk driver and, as a result, he commuted to Washington everyday so that he could spend his evenings with his sons who were also hurt in that crash. He is the only candidate who had a real plan to get us out of Iraq, one that wouldn't further alienate his Party from the military--a very significant dynamic that the Democrats never seem to consider--and in fact, would have redefined the Democratic Party in the minds of our military personnel, something that will be impossible for Clinton or Obama. Biden's got a personal stake in Iraq's outcome: his son will soon be deployed there. He is an interesting, funny, and compelling man who is creative and quick on his feet. He would have come out of any debate with any Republican candidate looking like a winner just as he did the Democratic debates. Neither Obama nor Clinton have the same impact when they debate, and in a debate on foreign policy with, say, John McCain, they will be dangerously vulnerable. Obama would have to be arguing points that he's only read about. The Republicans could not have diminished Joe Biden's popularity in a general election by attacking his foreign policy or national security credentials because he knows more and has more experience in foreign affairs than any of the Republican candidates. He attracts Independents and moderate Republicans. He is the surest thing to victory that the Democrats had and the Democrats cast him aside for much weaker, riskier, candidates. And there is no upside to having done so.

I'm so profoundly disillusioned by the stupidity of the Democrats that I no longer consider myself a member of the Party. No, I'm not signing up with the Republicans. If that was to be my reaction over the latest Democratic debacle than I wouldn't have been so strongly in favor of Joe Biden. In fact, that's the point: The Democrats had to win this election and we can't afford to take any more chances--we really can't. But the Democrats can't adequately analyze the political climate and so we will lose again.

Since I know we can't afford to lose again, but the Democrats don't, I'm parting ways with the Party. On this fundamental point we are on very different pages. They suffer from the same malignancy suffered by the Republicans: they're unable to care about this country, only their own petty obsessions, and are handicapped by a very dangerous naivete and gullibility. Biden could have been to the Democrats what Reagan is to the Republicans, except with a legitimate legacy, not a fabricated and hyped legacy like Reagan's. He could have really brought a sense of unity to the country, and no one is in a better position to begin repairing the damage our nation's credibility has suffered under Bush. In fact, he already knows most of the world's leaders. There wasn't a better qualified candidate than Sen. Joseph Biden and the Democrats passed him up for either a man with zero international experience and credibility during a time of war and low international reputation, not to mention lots of history and associations that gives the Republicans plenty of ammunition to sink his candidacy during a general election, or a woman who would accept the Party's nomination with higher disapproval ratings than any other candidate in recent history, including George W. Bush, and is perceived as a very divisive and crafty politician. Democrats insist on losing and I refuse to be a part of it. America's demise continues and is, unfortunately, well-deserved.