Voter Registration Ends - for the primary

Tuesday, April 29, 5:00 pm — if the County Elections office does not have a voter registration card in-house by then, it's too late. For the May primary, that is. That's an important election; the goal, after all, at this point is to get the nomination for Barack Obama. Not being able to vote for him in the primary is a bad thing.

But voter registration will continue at 5:01 pm. Anyone registering "late" may be out of luck for the primary, but they'll be primed for the Big Show in November. Arguably, that's the more important election, no matter how much we want Obama to be our nominee. More important than the nomination — I would say infinitely more important, just to make the point — is winning the White House. Under no circumstances can we allow John McCain to win in November. No, I don't want to vote for Hillary Clinton, but goddammit, if she's the nominee I'm voting for her. And I'm raising holy hell with anyone who tells me they "can't" for her. Suck it up, dude: Yes you can. Obama's going to vote for her if she's the nominee; Michelle will vote for her. Anyone with more sense than pride will vote for her.

But not if you're not registered. So get signed up tomorrow — and I recommend going to the Elections Office in person cuz any other way is not going to work — but if you miss that, just get registered. Don't wait until the next deadline in October. Do it Tuesday, or Wednesday.

Any Democrat in the White House is better than John McCain. So register tomorrow and make sure that Democrat is Barack Obama.