I live in a state that forbids write-ins so it wouldn't work for me.
However, a write-in would take away the vote from McCain, and might help Obama get the presidency. For me, it's better to make a protest vote by voting for McCain. The Democrats need to know that they can't ignore this white, college-educated, working class, 60-year-old woman yet again.
Note: As for the argument that this is an historic vote -- for me that would be voting for a viable woman candidate for president. Voting for an African American man isn't new to many of us who years ago voted for Jesse Jackson -- a far better qualified candidate than Obama.
