The Democratic Primary roller coaster continues.  Clinton vs. Obama. It’s a hard choice to make. And while we’d love to see them run together I agree with Maureen Dowd that it’s not likely.

As I said in my Obama endorsement, this is a tough primary for many of us. After reading my endorsement post a friend wrote to share her feelings.

She agrees that Obama’s speeches are inspirational and that the idea of a black president is almost as satisfying as the idea of a woman in the White House, not as the first lady behind her man… but up front.

She also wrote to say that it was pointed out on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show that Obama was NOT in the senate when he opposed the war, he had not been elected yet, which she thinks is a widespread misunderstanding .

She went on to say that she  believes that it is impossible for one person…even as president…to effect change on the scale that Obama promises. She believes that if he is elected, circumstances, reality, will take over and he will be faced with problems that have a life of their own that he is at present, unprepared to deal with. For her, Hillary is much more capable of transitioning because she knows all the players and understands the process intimately.

But it is the fact that Hillary is a woman that is really why she wins my friend’s support:

"I cannot separate myself from the importance …for me…of electing a woman. I came of age at a time when there was a double standard for men and women. I was raised to be sweet, get educated, get married, have babies….cook, clean…and work when it fit into the family life….not for me.  I made hard choices and have lived my life   fighting, in my small private way, to be independent financially and professionally."

On primary day, my friend will vote for Hillary Clinton because, while she may not be the woman she would choose to be the first woman president, she is the one who has made it to this place in time.

"I think most of what we don’t like about her is a result of what she has had to do to get to where she is. I truly wish she was more like Obama in presentation and energy. He is a rock star and that is good and not so good." 

 

Just more food for thought.