Hillary Clinton should be the next President of the United States. She is respected around the world, she is very intelligent, and no one doubts her seriousness about hard work. As Clinton goes forward I decided to write a message to all of her supporters. There are four things that every Clinton supporter should be aware of. Being aware of these four things will help make us better advocates for Senator Clinton.
1.Sexism is still deeply ingrained in American politics. I naively underestimated the role that sexism would play in this election. I desired to believe that men, especially liberal men like Obama and Edwards, would have moved above sexism. After watching the New Hampshire debate on Saturday it is clear that the sexism is alive. The way Obama and Edwards came to each other's defense, while perhaps politically savy, showed that Clinton was not off base when she talks about the all boys club of presidential politics.
Sexism may have been one of the major reasons Hillary did not perform as well as she had hoped in Iowa. Gloria Steinem, in her article, "Women are Never Front-runners" notes that
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