Standing shoulder to shoulder
Obama, perched on a stool, did not take his eyes off her - a switch from their earlier encounters where he had often seemed uncomfortable under Clinton's gaze. When it came to his turn, Obama paid tribute to the grit Clinton had demonstrated during the primary season and as a First Lady who was often the target of Republican attacks. Then in reponse to the crowd, he departed from the script: "She rocks," he said. "That's the point I am trying to make."
I take my hat off to Hillary Clinton. True to her word, she has thrown herself 100% behind Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee."Senator McCain and President Bush are like two sides of the same coin," she said. "To anyone who voted for me and is now considering not voting or voting for John McCain I strongly urge you to reconsider."
Gone are the days when she implied that she and McCain had passed some threshold for the office of presidency which Obama had not yet obtained, yesterday she made clear that this was all campaign hype and that her supporters should now work for an Obama presidency.
Obama spoke of how moved he was to have her standing next to him supporting him, and pointed out that her campaign had been a truly inspiring example for millions of women around the world. "They can take it for granted that a woman can do anything better than a boy can do and do it better - and do it in high heels," he said.
Hopefully, the women who have said that they could never bring themselves to vote for Obama will reconsider.
"This is really important. Friends of mine are still mourning the loss of Hillary Clinton. They are really having trouble coming over to Obama," said Mary Boyle, a microbiologist professor and a local Democratic party official in the nearby town of Cornish. "People are going to be watching what she says today, and if the Democrats want a strong campaign, with people really engaged in the events, these Clinton supporters need to be able to say: 'I can see she's really with him. I am going over to the other side.'"And that's the point here. She really is with him all the way.
As Obama said, when they both first campaigned in this small town called Unity, it was 107 votes for Hillary and 107 votes for Obama but now it must become 214 votes for the Democrats.
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