tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post9188930871663472095..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Sex and Race in American Politics: Post Mortem on Hillary vs ObamaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-6971013579337037442008-06-15T10:10:00.000-04:002008-06-15T10:10:00.000-04:00You're right, I'm wrong.anneYou're right, I'm wrong.<BR/><BR/>anneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-21874730925118838842008-06-10T12:54:00.000-04:002008-06-10T12:54:00.000-04:00What I find most striking about the campaign is th...What I find most striking about the campaign is that Clinton and Obama both handily defeated six white men, some of whom had far more experience in public office than either of them and had won partisan elections under far more difficult circumstances than either of them ever faced. That both Clinton and Obama supporters are so blase about this achievement that they don't even mention it in their post mortems seems to me to speak volumes about the changes in the status of women and Black candidates in US political life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-78455398923651271142008-06-08T01:22:00.000-04:002008-06-08T01:22:00.000-04:00Just for the record, and since Barack Obama asked,...Just for the record, and since Barack Obama asked, I shall join others in saying "Thank you, Hillary." While I have had (and continue to have) some serious disagreements with her, she is clearly very capable and intelligent. I also think that her campaign has helped the status of women in America, even though she did not win.<BR/><BR/>Barkleyrosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.com