Hilary Hits A Home Run!

Talk about hitting it out of the ballpark! Hilary Rodham Clinton's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention was as perfectly executed as any press secretary could have dreamed of. She was gracious, energetic, and sassy... she was the Hilary we knew and loved, the Hilary that unfortunately I don't think we saw enough of in the last few years.

I'd like to tell you about my favorite Hilary Clinton memory. I remember when Elizabeth, Emily and I drove across the country to Washington DC for the March For Women's Lives in 2004. As we stood on the National Mall, surrounded by one million other women marching for women's rights and women's lives, we watched a giant jumbotron screen. On it, they introduced Hilary Clinton. I don't remember exactly what she said, but I remember that was the first time that I realized someday soon she was going to make a run for the presidency herself. After she spoke, Elizabeth, Emily and I called our own moms with tears in our eyes, trying to explain over cell phone that finally, our time - their time, their mother's time - was almost here.

Although I did not vote for Hilary this year for a variety of reasons including her support of the war in Iraq, I can foresee a day where I would cast my vote for her, provided she returns to the woman I saw in Washington DC, and the woman I saw on my television last night.

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