Indeed. I definitely supported Edwards until he dropped out. I suspect that the overwhelming support for Obama rests on 2 facts - his is clearly the best orator the US has had in national politics for at least the last 20 years, and while open racism is no longer acceptable in public discourse, open misogyny definitely still is still perfectly acceptable.

I largely found Clinton and Obama to be indistinguishable - both were vastly better than any imaginable Republican candidate and neither was nearly as sufficiently progressive as I'd want.