Senator Hillary Clinton gave the speech of her career thus far in politics Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. The speech was Presidential-like and to the point. It was a bad night for Hillary haters everywhere. Her speech left me (and many others), wondering why she is not on the ticket with Senator Barack Obama. She is clearly a strong woman who could easily have been the next President. She did after all earn 18 million votes. As Clinton argued, “Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, its got about 18 million cracks in it.” From the very beginning, Clinton was subjected to the vitriol of the media and blogosphere, demonstrating that we may be making strides against racism but sexism is indeed as rampant as ever in our society, and just as detrimental. Pundits on every major news outlet complained that she wasn’t compassionate and if she did show emotion, she was dismissed as inadequate; not man enough perhaps to occupy the most powerful position in the world? Hillary Clinton personifies the ideals that every young girl and woman alike holds dear: to be treated fairly and equal to men in every endeavor. That is why this whole process has become bittersweet for many Clinton supporters. On the one hand voters must do what is best for the country, but on the other hand it is hard to see a dream dying with her candidacy. It is not that her supporters are against supporting Obama, it is more about what she and her historically groundbreaking campaign represented. It is now up to Senator Obama to bridge the gap and reach out to Clinton supporters.
True to form, not only did Senator Clinton endorse Barack Obama, but she did it in a way that was positive and uplifting, showing her effort to unify the Democratic Party. As Clinton stated, the Democratic Party is now “A single party, with a single purpose.” The purpose now is to shift the focus to what is really at stake in this election. We should be voting for the single mother’s battling diseases and for the children with no health care. We should be voting for the sake of the soldiers returning home from war, uncertain if the benefits promised to them are available. We can do this by coming together to get this country back on track. It will be hard work as the Senator said tonight, but it will be impossible if McCain is in the White House as the next President of the United States. We must move away from the policy that the Bush administration has set forth over the past eight years.
It is up to Obama to make the case for his Presidency to any wayward voters and maybe even more than a few McCain supporters.
Wednesday night, former President Bill Clinton will speak as well as Vice Presidential nominee, Joe Biden. Tune into CNN, you won’t want to miss a moment!
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