Hillary and History

Today Hillary Clinton made history.

The speech she gave suspending her presidential campaign and endorsing Barack Obama as the Demo nominee was remarkable not only on those two fronts, but more important, on the fronts involving race and gender in American politics. From now on, it will be harder for all of us to think of women and persons of color as Lesser Than's in any competition, any pursuit, any personal or professional agenda involving character, intelligence and leadership.

I am grateful to Senator Clinton and to Senator Obama for their vigor in proving to America once and for all that anyone, everyone, all of us have a right and an opportunity to say "Yes, we can!" and to mean it. This is a great day for America--and I'm glad I was here to see it.