When I look at stances on issues and voting records, I frankly don't see a lot of difference between Clinton and Obama.

But there are a few concrete, substantive reasons I chose to support his campaign after Edwards dropped out.

1.  CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) are a huge issue for me.  While he was a state senator he voted to place more stringent regulations on these operations by limiting their discharge of pollutants and required them to clean up their own messes.

2.  While he was campaigning in Iowa, I spoke to other farmers involved in sustainable agriculture who attended listening sessions by the Obama campaign and they were much more impressed with his staff than with Clinton's.

3.  Obama has called for stricter oversight of CAFOs by the EPA which would be a dramatic turnaround from the current administration, which seeks to exempt them from many clean air standards.

4.  Clinton appointed Joy Philippi, former president of the National Pork Producers Council to be her rural campaign chair.  If she would have listened to family farmers, her campaign would have understood what a slap in the face this is to those of us who are good land stewards.  The Clintons had lots of unsavory ties to "Big Meat" when they were in Arkansas.

Now that's just one issue that has draw me to Obama's campaign.  Is that substantive enough for you?

I know its much more convenient to portray those of us who support Obama as a bunch of Kool-Aid drinking Kids who are simply drawn to a cult of personality, but it simply isn't true.

And by the way, I have consistently said I will vote for Clinton if she's the nominee.