The Democratic presidential race just became very clear. Hillary Clinton says that she’s staying in the campaign for the long haul. Barack Obama says that’s fine by him. We’re not going to know who the official Democratic nominee for President will be for quite some time.

So, what’s a progressive American to do? The answer is actually very simple: Focus on what we do know. Focus on the campaign of John McCain.

You may believe that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is the better choice for President, but the fact is that there’s not much you can do to lead that selection one way or the other. That decision is up to superdelegates and to voters in a small number of states.

The decision of the general election, however, will have no superdelegates, only the members of the Electoral College that are elected by voters, the equivalent of the pledged delegates in the primary elections.

The general election is very much up in the air, especially considering John McCain’s recent rise in the poll.

For that reason, I’ve developed the following bumper sticker, with a simple message that supporters of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should be able to agree upon: Anybody But McCain. That’s ABM 2008, shorthand.