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Thank you so much for writing a very inspiring article. I think that too often Senator Clinton's supporters are dismissed as people who like the idea of a woman for President. I like Hillary's ideas and think she would be an amazing president. And as a member of the Democratic party, I am stunned that a vote by any less than 50 states would be considered when it comes to selecting the consensus candidate for our party.

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Thank you for a great article. I live in one of the 10 states that have yet to vote and I am so tired of hearing that my vote does not count because it is all over. I am also tired of hearing that the destruction of the Democratic party is on the head of Hillary Clinton because she won't stop her campaign. I want to thank Mrs. Clinton for continuing the fight so that I and the other citizens of those remaining 10 states can actually participate in this primary election. I look forward to voting in this primary and refuse to allow anyone to steal that right from me. In future elections I propose that we have a one day primary so that each citizen can vote for the individual they want and the numbers will fall where they fall. Just like in the general election.

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Thank you for writing this important and inspiring article.... On behalf of all women, their daughters, sons, and/or future generations, Senator Clinton has demonstrated an example of admirable bravery by remaining in this race. The way she has been treated by the media (a patriarchal society and back-biting female pundits who don't , yet, comprehend the karma of their own words and behavior) has been deplorable during this campaign season. What the DNC has done in silencing the voices of voters in the States of Florida (after what occurred with Al Gore in the 2000 Presidential Election) and Michigan is inconceivable. With the railroading that has been occurring during this election cycle out of sheer desperation to win back the White House, it would appear a certain percentage of the American people, unfortunately, need an even stronger dose of the wrong kind of medicine to wake-up from their deep slumber. There has been a middle ground and the middle ground (Senator Clinton) may be cast aside. If she is cast aside, nobody will have Senator Clinton nor President Clinton to "kick around" anymore and will need to seek out another "whipping post". Of course, they will be blamed for the DNC failure(s) but the ones who should bear full responsibility is the DNC leadership as well as the old patriarchs of the non-Democratic Party.

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Nobody has played "the race card" with the exception of Barack and Michelle Obama! Anyone who saw Michelle Obama's original appearance with him on the Oprah Show came away shocked that a "reverse racist" was the wife of a Democratic Party candidate running to hold the Office of the President of the United States of America.

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"All fervor & no fanfare" indeed! When I think of how brave a champion Hillary is, how long she's endured a level of atrocious vituperation that would have felled me or would have made me lash out in raw justified rage. It's made her more radiant. "One mile at a time" for all of us. I learn just watching her grace & grit. What the men don't realize is that there's a smoldering volcano ready to blow out here. In my volunteer phoning in caucus states, I discovered that about every 8th phone call got me a Hillary voter who told me, "Oh no, honey, I don't dare go out to caucus, I'm off-balance." There's an epidemic of older women who have a dread of falling. No ride helps them. Only the Absentee Ballot procurable by mail -- forbidden in caucus states. "If I can't be there in my body, I don't count." (Note that in Texas Hillary voters were plus 4 in the primary and minus 12 in the caucus on the same day. A 16% swing! Suppose we had only seen the caucus results?) Non-lemming superdelegates are designed to factor into their thinking deplorable anti-democratic injustices like the Caucus Debacle. These silenced, disappeared older women Hillary supporters are a crucial base of the Democratic Party. People are (rightly) tiptoeing around 'race' in this historic election. 'Gender' is an equally crucial part of the Democratic Party's core voters. Democrats and justice need both wings to fly.

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Wonderful article! The caucuses are undemocratic since they exclude the elderly, disabled, workers, etc., who can't attend them. All the voters deserve a chance to be heard. The Top 10 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should be president: 10. No touch football on the White House lawn or basketball photo ops. 9. No sordid sex scandals exposed at a press conference. 8. No confessions of past addictions to alcohol, cocaine or even smoking. 7. Appointments based on ability instead of on racial, religious or ideological grounds. 6. Hillary will make up for women not being mentioned in the Constitution of the U.S., and Americans will be well-informed for a change. 5. She'll garner world-wide respect, since she is articulate and grammatically correct when speaking and won't talk with food in her mouth, unlike our current president. 4. She'll be the only president who actually knows first-hand the challenges women and girls face and will stand up for them just as she has in the past. 3. The news media and others won't be afraid to criticize her, as in the past, without concern for her gender, race or religion. 2. During speeches she won't say "My friends" every few minutes or "uh" even more often. 1. Bill---a peace and prosperity former president, who will spread goodwill worldwide and even visit dangerous war zones just as his spouse did, and the needs of our troops returning home won't be ignored.

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I feel when someone plays "the race card" it means they have no hand. This isn't the "race card" but it surely is a shout from a side that has no hand and no other card to play. A well written article to inspire women everywhere. But this is a campaign for a person to become President of our country. It is not an invisible rung on an invisible ladder to right the wrongs done to women through the ages. Hillary is not the person for this office. If you believe it is wrong to vote the wrong black into office (jackson, sharpton) given the struggles of the race, then you must believe it is wrong to vote the wrong female into office given the same criteria. Hillary has "misspoke" and been caught telling the most ludicrous stories which have later proved false, there is no way I could support anyone caught up in so much deceit. And if you would support her, as your article suggests, as a pawn to further the cause for women, then your political viewpoint has no merit.