Did Clinton Damage "Glass Ceiling"?

(CBS)  Sen. Hillary Clinton officially suspended her presidential campaign over the weekend, endorsing Sen. Barack Obama and giving a rousing speech as she did.

"When we first started, people everywhere asked the same questions: Could a woman really serve as commander in chief? Well, I think we answered that one!" Clinton said.

" ... To those who are disappointed that we couldn't go all the way -- especially the young people who put so much into this campaign -- it would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way discouraged any of you from pursuing yours. Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.

" ... Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it."

Clinton was referring to the approximate number of votes she got in the course of the primary campaign.

So, how much damage did Clinton's campaign truly inflict on the "glass ceiling"?

For some perspective, Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith spoke with two women prominent in progressive political circles, Pat Schroeder, the former Colorado congresswoman and presidential hopeful, who's now president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, and Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post.

Schroeder said Clinton's campaign showed, "There's a tremendous amount of sexism still out there," and society simply doesn't deal with sexism as it does, say, with racism and anti-Semitism, and the campaign showed we still have "a lot of ground to cover" combating sexism.

But Huffington said she's sure a woman will be in the Oval Office one day -- and Hillary is now her own person and "the keeper of the Clinton brand," which is much more populist than it had been.

Schroeder said Hillary is now her own person and Bill is "the tail of the kite!"

To see the interview, click on the arrow in the image below:

[PacificGatePost]

HYPOCRISY OF POLITICS

The strange hypocritical world of politics now finds Hillary supporting Obama ---

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/06/inevitable-hypocrisy-of-politics.html

[parachutepol]

I don''t think Sen.Clinton damaged the Glass Ceiling at all.She is just one person. Indeed, there will be better and wiser women in the near future who will try. Good luck to them.

[rufisgufis]

YOU THINK THOSE CLOWNS WERE GREAT?

When Bill Clinton came to the White House in 1993, Democrats were a congressional majority, with 258 seats in the House. When he left in 2001, they were a minority with 46 fewer seats. There were 30 Democratic governors, when he arrived, 21 eight years later.
A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found nearly 60 percent of voters think Clinton is dishonest and will lie whenever she thinks she needs to.

[rufisgufis]

Hillary blamed everyone but that ugly face in the mirror.

[Jerrycnet]

There are many reasons why Hillary lost, there are many reasons why Obama won. I suspect it''s god''s intention that he think America''s too spoiled, American haven''t really feel the real pain yet, so they don''t deserve to return to the good time of the Clintonomics and need to have higher gas price and gigantic deficit that dwarf today''s figure before they wake up and start using their brains rather than their shallow emotion that only fits for American idol voting.

[rufisgufis]

By the way, there are many Hillary supporters who don%u2019t want Hillary to go anywhere near the VP slot under any circumstance. I am one of those supporters.

Posted by tazmjam at 11:58 PM : Jun 09, 2008
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I couldn''t care less either way.

[lorinkundert]

If she damaged it, it is because it was a mirror.

[tazmjam]

HEARD THAT JENNIFER FLOWERS AND PAULA JONES ARE WRITING A BOOK TOGETHER - AND GUESS WHO THAT BOOK IS ABOUT. YOU GUESSED IT - NO OTHER THAN BILLY BOY. AND THEIR AGENT SAYS IT WILL BE OUT BY MID-OCTOBER. I GUESS HILLARY WON''''T BE RUNNING FOR VP. WHO WANTS ALL THAT GARBAGE IN THE CAMPAIGN? NO ONE! Posted by rufisgufis


Sure%u2026 they%u2019re both real credible cockroaches. LMAO. Both posed nude in Penthouse magazine, Jennifer%u2019s acting career failed and her Night Club in New Orleans is no more. Paula%u2019s boxing career didn%u2019t last long, and I doubt she%u2019s making much money selling houses in this market. Five more minutes of fame...they both need money. By the way, there are many Hillary supporters who don%u2019t want Hillary to go anywhere near the VP slot under any circumstance. I am one of those supporters.

[rufisgufis]

HEARD THAT JENNIFER FLOWERS AND PAULA JONES ARE WRITING A BOOK TOGETHER - AND GUESS WHO THAT BOOK IS ABOUT. YOU GUESSED IT - NO OTHER THAN BILLY BOY. AND THEIR AGENT SAYS IT WILL BE OUT BY MID-OCTOBER. I GUESS HILLARY WON''T BE RUNNING FOR VP. WHO WANTS ALL THAT GARBAGE IN THE CAMPAIGN? NO ONE!

[sharncedar]

"And never listen to anyone who says you can''t or shouldn''t go on."

What kind of advice is this? Isn''t it prudent to listen to others, to consider what they say. Suppose your generals tell you we can''t go on in Iraq, would it not be prudent to listen to that?

What kind of dumb advice is Hillary giving people. It sounds good perhaps in a speech, but is not a really good kind of advice - imagine for example it were a folk saying, would it make sense? "Never listen to advice that tells you to stop" That''s really just stupid. Really dangerous and stupid. Do we listen to those pesky red lights when they tell us to stop our cars at intersections? Should we listen to our parents when they tell us to go back to college and stop the alcoholic binge we are on? Should we listen to the police when they tell us to stop and place our hands on the car?

What kind of advice is Hillary trying to give people. What kind of a nation would this be if we all acted like her.