[Crossposted at my blog.]

There were a range of emotions that I had watching Sen. Hillary Clinton give her unity address in Washington this afternoon. But I think that I carry some sadness in watching her effectively end her run for president today, and it comes from just being around my own family of my mother, and sisters, and aunts, and grandmothers. It would have been just as amazing and challenging to watch a woman actually finish the fight to win the White House, as it will be watching Sen. Barack Obama do the same.