Clinton: Obama Is My Candidate

Up until last night many Democrats had been on edge, waiting to see what Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) would say and how she would say it in her address at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night in Denver. Would she unify the party or would the 18 million cracks she made in the glass ceiling come crashing down?

Clinton laid all doubts to rest as she rocked the receptive crowd in Denver. She acknowledged Sen. Barack Obama (D., Ill.) as "my candidate" and urged her supporters:

"And you haven't worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership. No way. No how. No McCain."

Clinton was introduced by her biggest fan: her daughter Chelsea. The two had often traveled together on the campaign trail during primary season, a demonstration of the bond between the generations of women.

But the importance of the election took precedent Tuesday night. Clinton reminded her supporters that the presidential election is not about one person or even about breaking the glass ceiling that separates women from such positions of power. She said to her supporters:

"I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?"

She has often taken heat from media pundits for her perceived power-hungry quest for the White House. But Clinton, in her stump speech during the campaign and in her address Tuesday night, has consistently offered compassionate and real solutions for the problems of those who are invisible in America.

In fact, Clinton pointed out what she stood for in this election and what Obama would stand for as president. She's eager to see legislation for universal health care passed, saying: "And I can't wait to watch Barack Obama sign a health care plan into law that covers every single American."