Ok, it is time: I am switching from Edwards to Obama.

I have been a strong supporter of Edwards for 2 reasons: His strong message against corporate greed and his excellent health care plan. I have been also very impressed by his evolution over the last few years to a real progressive candidate. Moreover, I have great admiration and respect for his wife Elizabeth. I wish there was a real chance for an Edwards administration. But there is not. The chances are essentially zero at this time. That has become painfully obvious over the last 2-3 weeks. And this has been now confirmed after today's results in Nevada, where it seems that Edwards is getting approximately 5% of the vote.

So, I would like to thank senator Edwards and his wife Elizabeth for their great message and spirited campaign. They did make a great difference in American politics and I only wish they could win.

But I can not keep supporting them at this time. I want a candidate who supports change to win the primaries and the general election. And that is why I am switching my support to Barack Obama.

Although I am from Illinois and I have voted for him in 2004, I have been critical of Barack in the past. In fact, very critical on more than one occasions. But there is no question that he will be a great democratic candidate. He is a far better and far more progressive candidate than Hillary. Importantly, the reality is that Barack was the ONLY major candidate that was against the disastrous Iraq war from day 1. He was the only one who had the courage and honesty to make the obvious choice then. To be against a war that had no basis.

Most of all, Barack has the remarkable charisma, ability, and message to unite the country like noone else in the democratic party these days.

I truly believe that Barack is the most charismatic candidate that the democratic party had in decades. He would make a remarkable president and, in fact, he may be the first real liberal president in a long time. I hope he wins the nomination and gets elected in the general election.