Thanks for being able to rise above your own disappointment. IT is shocking how few women there are in elected offices and certainly this is a black spot on our democracy. It is also a shame that these two long held dreams had to compete against each other this year. Nicely written diary! Rec'd.

Thank you.

My heartfelt congratulations to Sen. Obama and his supporters. They've accomplished something amazing. And together, we'll accomplish something even more amazing in November. We should all be proud.

You are most gracious, and an outstanding representative for your candidate.

Congrats from this Clinton supporter as well.  I guess it's time to put away my "I Heart Hillary" T-shirt and start ordering my Obama merchandise.  Sigh.

This mental 180 is very disconcerting.

rec'd.

saw your diary over at kos ~

wanted to tell you that the dream isn't dead.  rather, there's been an enormous success for women everywhere.

for a large majority of voters, hillary WASN'T voted for or against her because of her sex, but b/c of her policies.

i still think a woman president isn't far off ~ and it'll probably be a ron paul repub ;)

Hillary in 2016!!

She'll only be 69 years young!

Madame President is still on the near horizon.

Thank you for this diary...We need this kind of reconciliation.  At the same time, as I express in the next diary, I think today is Hillary's day more than Obama's.

I get to tip and rec you twice.  Thanks for being a class act -- as our the vast majority of supporters of Sen. Clinton.  Thanks for the diary.

Thank you for adding to the hope of a new day.

...I always look forward to your posts, and you never disappoint.

Thank you

From this Obama supporter...  I'm not sure I agree with you.  I don't think that by realizing the dream of breaking one barrier, we necessarily lose the dream of breaking another.  As Dr. King said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

So we, supporters and progressives and Democrats, need to lean heavily on our new Democratic President and Congress to have a strong focus on women's rights and women's issues.  We need to force Barack Obama to be the first "woman President" in the same way that Bill Clinton was the first "black President."

Feminist causes aren't getting thrown under the bus, not by a long shot, not as long as we stand up and tell all our elected leaders and candidates that women's rights are human rights.

I personally don't long for the day we see the first female President.  I long for the day when the President's gender does not matter.  Which, unfortunately, means we have a much longer way to go.

Keep up the good fight and don't get discouraged.  You're part of the coalition too.

A great day for ALL Democrats and decent people of the world.  Mine eyes have seen the glory...

Great diary, AM.  Rec'd.

From an Obama supporter, and more important from an American.

I didn't expect to hear a diary like this for a few weeks.

As Democrats we will all work toward the dream of gender equality.  We have so many common dreams. Thanks for acknowledging that.

Good diary.

It's been a historic nomination fight, that will make the books and one that should make us all proud to be democrats.

Thank you for your grace (Also, I've always wanted to thank for your wonderful user name, which has made me smile many times).  

Incredibly classy diary.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the rest of us!

the dream of finally, finally hearing those glorious words -- Madame President -- is dead

Nope.  It will happen.  This is just the beginning.

I can actually look my three daughters in the face and tell them, honestly, that they can be president some day.

While I cast my vote for Obama, I'll never forget what Hillary has done for me, and will continue to do, for my girls.

Thank you Angry Mouse and thank you Hillary.

Damn it smells good in here!  Not a single sign of RTP in sight.

So nice...I think I'll stay for a bit.  

that dream has proven that it can be a reality.  It will just take a few more years.  This nation has shown itself ready, however.

Congratulations to Senator Obama, and thank you for your diary.

I'm askun...
I'm askin...

click the link..
get up on that chair your sittin' on
wave yer hands in the air..

shout out the chorus..

What a Day to be a Democrat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXcZz5n5H I0

for such a classy diary. As an Obama supporter, I am empathetic to the genuine pain of Hillary supporters. She was a wonderful candidate and has advanced the cause for women to a great degree. I am proud of her.

... only delayed.  Clinton has blazed the trail far farther than any before her.  Dead forever is the sexist fallacy that a woman cannot be a viable presidential candidate.  I salute her for that.

I think it's the greatest tragedy of this election cycle that Hillary's most fervent supporters have this mentality of, "if not now then never." Hillary, with very high negatives, a disorganized campaign, and huge stumbles, came very close to the nomination. If you give up now, then it probably won't happen, but the glory of democracy is that anything is possible, and no doors are ever completely close. I'm sure in 1988, after Jesse Jackson briefly captured the majority of pledged delegates only to eventually lose the nomination contest, blacks thought the same way about the likelihood of a black president, but here we are, a mere 20 years later, looking at the very realistic possibility.

Never give up the dream of Madame President!

It's a dream that you share with more Obama supporters than you might think (hopefully ALL of them).

from a real Clinton supporter

I have just read through all the comments here.
I cannot express to you how excited I am to see both Clinton and Obama supporters speaking highly of both Clinton and Obama and all that they have BOTH achieved throughout this Primary season.

It truly is a day to celebrate both of them.....and the other Democrats who joined them in the contest (Edwards, Richards, Dodd, Biden, Kucinich...and, yes, even Gravel!). A group of Americans we should all be proud of.

Thank you, Angry Mouse, for being anything but Angry in this diary. You are a gracious supporter of Clinton and I am sure she is proud to have you in her ranks....and I am equally sure that Obama will be proud to have you join his.

So, yeah, thank you to both Clinton and Obama supporters for pushing this diary up the rec list AND for commenting in a manner that makes me all the more sure that.....
We are gonna kick some major ass in November!

Look out McCain....we're comin' for ya.

But I disagree on one point.

It's about a different dream.  An important dream.  The dream of Frederick Douglass; the dream of Harriet Tubman; the dream of Martin Luther King; and yes, the dream of a boy named Barack Obama

Its about the future of our nation, our rights, our environment, our prosperity.  McCain's race or genitalia don't matter, and neither should Obama's or HRC's.  What should matter is the candidates values, policies and trustworthiness.  I think to frame it as merely identity politics lessens both HRC and Obama.  

JFK didn't win because he was a Catholic and thats not what made him historic.

Cheers.

Even though some of the things she said today concerned me, I recognize how amazing this primary election has been.  If in 1998 someone told me that the Democratic presidential nomination would come down to six months worth of primaries and caucuses between a woman and an African American I don't know if I would have believed it.

I will be voting for Obama if I have to crawl on my hands and knees to the polls in November.

We CANNOT allow the GOP to continue W's policies in the WH for 4 more years.

Congratulations Senator Obama.
I have said from the beginning I would vote for whomever the democratic nominee is.  As a democrat I feel hopeful.  Whether or not I will knock on doors and GOTV, I cannot say.  Today is a hard day for me.

As a woman of 62, I know now my dream will never be realized.   To see a woman as president will most likely never be in my lifetime. In the pattern of history, it will take women another 50 years to catch up.  I do feel betrayed and angry right now...but not at Senator Obama, but at the democratic party.  I feel the men, the leaders of our party, ignored sexism, and showed little respect for Senator Clinton.  They took their issues against Bill out on Hillary.  I resent that and always will.

As a woman who walked the walk for four decades, knocking on doors, trying to gotv, knowing that the worker bee women (the majority in our party) were always answering to male leadership, I accept that has not changed. I thought it would this year.

I remember in the sixties when we were protesting.  Women had little or no say.  We were often delegated to gopher status back then.  It should have changed.  But in this campaign, it hasn't.  Still women are talked down to....still sexism is OK.  

I am not against men. I am for equality.  I do not think that women's issues will be a focus. I do not believe younger women get it.  I will vote for Senator Obama and encourage every one of my friends who are Hillary supporters to do the same.
I will not be told that I should not feel sad, feel angry, feel betrayed. I feel all those things.  I hope the anger goes away soon and I can get back to working for the party.  But for now, I am not ready to do more than congratulate the Obama campaign.

This is a very nice post.  I look forward to working with you this Fall

Thank you Angry Mouse.

As a step to get together against McCainites, can folks please rec ANYTHING over TexasDarlin's
"It's a Tie!" diary?

TexasDarlin is a recommended link on the New Republican blog, so from her mouth to the GOPs ears...

-chris

The race-bating worked.

It also helped to take FL and MI out of the game and to move up SC with its high percentage of AA's.

Going after Hillary and Bill PERSONALLY was a master stroke.

Denouncing personal attacks and the "old style" politics on camera while your campaign staff is sending out emails to all the reporters trashing the Clinton's and claiming they are race-bators was and is a nice touch.

Also, congratulations to the "leaders" in the Democratic party for puting your collective thumbs on the scale for Obama and throwing the Clinton's under the bus.

Congratulations to Obama's allies in the media: the late hit piece on Bill Clinton in Vanity Fair was pure evil genius and should be applauded. It was already clear that Obama would be handed the nomination but you still trashed Clinton one more time, bravo!

Now let's all hold hands and swear allegiance to Obama the "uniter".