Clinton: There are now eighteen million cracks in the glass ceiling that is stopping America having its first female President
Hillary Clinton has finally endorsed Barack Obama but her endorsement was greeted by jeers by some of the Clinton supporters gathered to listen to her in Washington DC. My rough guess is that she talked about herself and her campaign for 90% of the time and Senator Obama 10% of the time. Her self-obsession remains extraordinary.
I feel it was about 10 minutes too long!
Her mentions of Obama were cringe werthy.
It was very obvious that Hilary was forced to give the speech.
Posted by: Cllr Andrew McConnell - Bedford | June 07, 2008 at 18:35
Goodbye and good riddance.
The Democratic primaries are a perfect example of the replusive identity politics we must try to avoid here.
One candidate saying vote for me 'because i am a woman'
The other candidate saying vote for me 'because i am black'
Talk about balkanising a nation and completely ignoring any sense of the general public good or sense of appealing to 'one nation'. Utterly unedifying.
Posted by: Harry Palmer | June 07, 2008 at 18:38
Oh please god, this really grates on me. Why does no-one treat Hillary Clinton as the capable politician she is. Okay she isn't everyone's cup of tea, but she is capable and she fought a very very good campaign which in any other year would have given her the nomination on Super Tuesday. She just came up against a more appealing candidate for the Democratic party. I still think that Obama is incredibly dangerous, and Clinton would have been a better option in terms of a resonably centrist candidate.
Posted by: James Burdett | June 07, 2008 at 18:56
Margaret Thatcher (am i still allowed to even mention her name?) managed to campaign on the basis of her principles and beliefs. She never needed to go on about 'glass ceilings' or alluding to evil forces of sexism holding her back.
Both Clinton and Obama based their campaigns on identity politics special pleading. It just turned out that special pleading for a black candidate was more powerful than for a woman candidate. It had nothing to do with any debate on any matters of substance.
What a sorry sight.
Posted by: Harry Palmer | June 07, 2008 at 20:41
Hillary Clinton hardly has any redeeming features at all. I certainly hope Obama offers her nothing.She may be a capable politician James, but only in the worst sense. As a person she comes across to me as a dead loss, as does her rather disgusting husband.
Posted by: Malcolm Dunn | June 07, 2008 at 21:34
INHO Clinton played people for suckers- esepcially women.
Posted by: Dontmakemelaugh | June 08, 2008 at 00:15
"Margaret Thatcher (am i still allowed to even mention her name?) managed to campaign on the basis of her principles and beliefs. She never needed to go on about 'glass ceilings' or alluding to evil forces of sexism holding her back."
Yes, the bottom line? She lost because she's a woman. If she said it was because she was white she would've been much more honest.
Posted by: Steevo | June 08, 2008 at 13:41
Between McCain and Obamo,my God,what a poor choice the Democrats and Republicans have given the American people,and world.
Posted by: Maj.Heath-Thatcher | June 08, 2008 at 17:35
That Obama vs. McCain graph scares the hell out of me quite frankly. I would threaten to move to Canada or the UK, but I'd be jumping from the frying pan to the fire.
What's the tax rate in the UK now for the upper middle-class??
Posted by: Texas_Blueblood | June 08, 2008 at 22:46