Today, Hillary Clinton finally told us what we've been waiting to hear: that she is suspending her election campaign, fully endorsing Barack Obama, and asking all of her supporters to fight as hard for him as they have for her. This brings to a close the extremely long, potentially damaging primary cycle that we have endured for some time now.
Understandably, many people are focusing on Hillary and her speech at the moment. But, disturbingly, even after Obama won the nomination, most of the discussion -- whether here or in the mainstream media -- was not on Obama and his accomplishment, but on Hillary instead: whether she would be picked as the Vice Presidential running-mate, if she had or had not been a service for women, and so on.
Yes, this race has been historic. Never before have we had as viable a woman or an African American. This is the first black American Presidential nominee in history. And never before has a woman come so close to clinching the same. Doubtless, Barack and Hillary should be lauded for the amount of support they were able to cull, and the tremendously strong campaigns they each fought.
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