Bjorn Tipling

Senator Clinton’s speech today, where she ended her bid and pledged to support Barack Obama, was poignant. I have been critical of her campaign, and even of her, but today during her speech the full weight of her candidacy really hit me.

A part of me is happy now, that she stuck it out until the end, and a part of me is sad to see her lose. I am still 100% for Obama, and he is making history also. However many of my objections about Hillary Clinton, such as me being adverse to a Clinton Dynasty, her air of the inevitable with which she ran her campaign, and other grievances seem like shallow annoyances when compared with the significance of her, a woman, running for the highest office in the country.

Prior to today I never felt Hillary Clinton wore that position well, that another woman was out there more deserving and appropriate than her. But after watching her entire speech, I have changed my mind. If she had carried herself through out the campaign as she was today when she made that comment about the 18 million cracks in that highest of glass ceilings, I might never have been so annoyed with her. I still think she ran a terrible campaign and had a problem with honesty. However, I believe that Senator Clinton is a great woman, who has done a lot for other women in this country, and that the devotion many have shown her has been well placed.

I have to thank Hillary Clinton for what she has done for my daughter. Julia’s life will be better because of Hillary Clinton. if she were to be on the ticket with Obama I would welcome that, if she were to run for president again I may support her next time.

Thank you Hillary Clinton.