{"id":5335,"date":"2008-11-05T01:25:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T08:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2008-11-05T01:25:53","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T08:45:41","slug":"hillary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5335","title":{"rendered":"Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Drum makes a note about the candidate who almost was standing on stage tonight, making history. Not John McCain, but Hillary Clinton<\/a>, who, ultimately, pushed Obama much harder than McCain did:<\/p>\n

[Hillary Clinton] ran in one of the toughest Democratic primaries ever, against one of the party’s most talented politicians in recent memory, and she took a lot of abuse during that primary \u2014 some of it deserved, most of it not. But in the end, despite what must have been a bitter and searing loss, she campaigned tirelessly and wholeheartedly for the man who beat her. This is something that a lot of people doubted she’d do, and frankly, we all owe her some recognition and gratitude for her role in tonight’s victory. Hillary has always been unambiguously dedicated to the Democratic Party and the cause of liberalism, and I think she proved that in the most concrete way possible over the past two months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"hillary-clinton.jpg\"<\/a>Hear, hear. Hillary Clinton did everything that one could have asked her to do in support of Obama, traveling the country as a surrogate for him. In the dark days of the primary, there were people throwing around the idea that Clinton secretly wanted to tank Obama, so McCain could win. But that was never remotely true; Clinton is a Democrat, one who believes in exactly the platform she ran on as a candidate for president. And once defeated in the primary, she threw herself into ensuring that her agenda would stand its best chance of being enacted — by ensuring that her primary rival was elected to the presidency.<\/p>\n

It was a selfless act for a candidate who had been derided unfairly as selfish. And while Obama rightly gets plaudits for the race he ran, Clinton deserves plaudits for putting her country and her party first. As I’ve said before, I’m glad Clinton remains a powerful voice in the Senate. And I have no doubt that she’ll continue to lead in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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