The Obama people called me today.

They asked if I would be voting for Obama in the Texas Primary which is on Tuesday. I have already voted early, and that's all I should have just said that to the poor volunteer. But instead, I apologized to him, and I said I already voted for Hillary Clinton. The volunteer was very polite, and he said, "oh, well, thanks for doing your civic duty," but I wanted to explain so I kept talking. "It looks like Obama will the nomination and I will do everything to support him in the general election," I said, "but Hillary felt right in my gut. Obama's inspiring but Hillary has me convinced on health care and women's issues." I would have gone on, but the guy just said "well, I appreciate your talking with me about this" and then told me to have a good day.

The Obama movement has made him like a rock star. The Yes We Can video that Will I Am did for him gives me goosebumps. And while he does make me hopeful, the cynic in me doesn't really know how he is going to bring about all this change--people aren't going to start playing nice just because Obama is elected. I know Hillary Clinton is not without her problems. She's hard, centrist, and hated. But experts agree that she has a better health care plan, one that's truly universal, and I've read it. Maybe I wouldn't have read it if I hadn't spent 2 weeks in the hospital, 2 months out of work, and all that time in physical therapy. But if anything good came out of that ordeal, maybe it was to focus on my own health and issues like this.

Hillary also has concrete ways to make the lives of working mothers (and parents in general) better. I don't think Obama would disagree with some of her thoughts on this topic, but Hillary Clinton has spelled it out, straight up and if some of these changes go into effect, it will dramatically increase the quality of life for the average family in a tangible way.

And another thing about Obama: I get that he's not Muslim. He's repeated it 50 billion times because of the Internet rumors. But I wish he'd say "I'm not, but even I was, I should still get your vote." I do think Obama will be great at healing the world after 8 years of "you're with us or against us." I was torn for a while. But as a Democrat, as a woman, as a lawyer, as a minority, it felt great to push that button for Hillary.