You Want History? Let's Check The List.

One of the most historical political weeks in decades has come to a close--with resolution accompanied by nagging questions.

You want history? How about the first African-American to become a party's Presidential nominee? Or the first woman to vie for that nomination? Or...how about the first loser of a Presidential nomination getting an entire day of coverage...for her concession speech--four days after she lost?! Now that's history.

But that's not even the crazy part. The crazy part is that four days after Hillary Clinton's non-concession speech possibly doomed her vice presidential hopes, Saturday's concession speech at the National Museum Building in Washington absolutely catapaulted her back into contention.

That's because Hillary made sure that Obama could sit at home and check off each required statement from his "Things Hillary Must Say" list.

'I congratulate Barack Obama on his...victory'. Check.
'I endorse Barack Obama'. Check.
'I will work hard to make sure Barack Obama is the next president of the United States". Check.
'I want you to work as hard for him as you did for me.' Check.

So in 28 little minutes, she did what she's always done. She forced Democrats to put away their 'Ten Things I Hate About Hillary" list and pick up their 'Ten things I Like About Hillary' list.

It's confusing.

We're not going to spend time analyzing her loss. Power To The People is not interested in piling on and I don't think it's fun sport to gleefully dissect her campaign's failure. Especially when her bid for the nomination was every bit as historic as Obama's. However, read this fact-based look at the inner workings of Clinton's campaign. Yes, the reporters are examining the 'collapse' of the Clinton campaign, but they reveal fascinating internal struggles that afflict all campaigns. Great stuff.

There's been a lot of talk of sexism in the wake of Hillary's loss. Much of this is based on the adverse media coverage she's garnered. And she has attracted a steady stream of unflattering commentary. Interestingly, Hillary's toughest critics have been women. The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, and the New York Time's leading columnists, Gail Collins and Maureen Dowd have hit often and hard. Dowd, especially, seems to have a personal axe to grind, which to my eyes invalidates anything she has to say about Hillary.

But is this sexist? I don't know. As a man, I can't comment on sexism, except to say that it exists, it's wrong and it shouldn't be tolerated. Growing up in a household where my mother worked, ran a business and eventually out-earned my father, I don't see women as anything but equals.

I can comment on the fact that many people, including me, object to the sometimes shameless shape-shifting that Hillary has employed in this campaign. From her dismissing Obama's speechifying, to ripping off phrases from his speeches; from her denigration of his caucus victories, to her constantly redefining the metrics of 'victory', Hillary's behavior has often provided another example of the 'do whatever it takes to get elected' mentality that turns off voters. Whether it's committed by a man or a woman.

So, is she the best VP choice? We don't make predictions here. Personally, I'm a Jim Webb guy. He can help deliver Virginia (maybe), he's an ex-Republican, ex-marine, he wrote a book on the Scotch-Irish in Appalachia, he's opposed to Iraq, and he wants to change the way business is conducted in Washington. He seems like a perfect compliment to Obama. On the other hand, Hillary gives you a lot of women, a lot of Latinos and some Joe Sixpack. It makes a lot of sense from a down and dirty demographic standpoint.

The question is, if Hillary has to be Obama's number one surrogate, can she keep her shape? And we're not talking about her figure.

That would be sexist.

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