Some people have been looking at me cross-eyed for being excited to go back to the States, but this fall is going to be something else. Wouldn't miss it.
Via MSNBC at midnight:
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, NBC News projected based on its tally of convention delegates.
By doing so, he shattered a barrier more than two centuries old to become the first black candidate ever nominated by a major political party for the nation’s highest office.
“After 54 hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end,” Obama told cheering supporters in a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., at the site of the convention that will nominate his Republican opponent in the fall, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
“Tonight, I can stand here before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America.”
Obama, 46, of Illinois, hailed his Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, for having “made history in this campaign, not just because she is a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she’s a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight.”
“Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton,” Obama said.
But after splitting the last two primaries of the election campaign with Obama, Clinton refused to give him the unalloyed victory he sought.
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I was for Clinton at Caucus-time but have changed my tune since. Unfortunately our country has been revelead to still be blatantly and horribly sexist as a result of her campaign. And I still say Obama sounds too good to be true, but I'll take that over the alternative. Four years ago I was dying my hair on election night, as we despondently watched Kerry's defeat unfold. I remember watching the debates at the Vera Project (loving James' commentary) and trying super hard to muster the excitement for our leaden candidate. Obama's personality in comparison shines like a diamond. Now how about his policies...
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I've amended this post because I don't want to get my hopes too high up. I will shut up for now! Here are two contrasting viewpoints, which I both agree with, from the Huffington Post on how Hillary has handled this news:
Con by Beverly Davis in Hillary: It Ain't Over Yet!
Pro by Erica Jong in Being Gracious in a Sexist World
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