A Dream Deferred – What Did We Want From Hillary Clintons Campaign?
A Dream Deferred – What Did We Want From Hillary Clinton’s Campaign? Tuesday June 17, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)Exactly two weeks ago today, it became undeniably clear that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was over. But her appearance the night of June 3rd in New York City suggested business as usual. She didn’t make a concession speech. She didn’t say she was quitting the race. Instead, she asked the assembled crowd, “What does Hillary want?” I waited a long time to share my thoughts about Hillary’s loss. Partly because many have accused her female supporters of sour grapes. Some die-hard Hillary fans have talked about voting for John McCain. But I’m guessing that very few will follow up on that threat. Obama and Clinton are close enough on the issues that we can be assured of very similar outcomes, policy-wise, in voting for him. I also felt an obligato