Concession (Public Version) ...
I congratulate Sen. Hillary Clinton's supporters that I know in person and supporters I have yet to meet, your organizing and Get Out The Vote efforts were well-rewarded in her victory in California this evening. It represents not just an investment of your time and energy, but of the message Clinton projects to the public who rallied around her from the beginning.
For my part, I am content to know that I believed completely in my candidate from beginning to end. Of course, this is not the end, there are still states to be decided in the coming months leading up to Democratic convention. Those races and results will be harder for other supporters of Sen. Barack Obama, surely, but the tide has gone with Clinton in this "Super Duper Tuesday." She garnered the majority of delegates with her victories in (at last count) seven states; while my fellow Obama supporters in 11 other states can rest well tonight, knowing their door-knocking and canvassing (in the spirit of our candidate's humble beginning in Chicago's south side) yielded results.
It's telling that while watching BBC America's news cast this morning, they summed up the delegate-allotment thusly, "The Democrats have a complicated system for awarding delegates while the Republicans have a winner-take-all approach." It goes to show that we Democrats believe in sharing an appropriate division while the other party believes in a zero-sum game.
But I'm sure that, despite her generalizing speech on defeating the Republicans, holding them all responsible for the mistakes of the Bush administration; Clinton will adopt Obama's approach to welcoming in all people into the movement of change, regardless of whether they're Independents or moderate-to-liberal Republicans. And yes, they do exist.
My time in the Obama for America campaign here in Reno-Sparks afforded me the luxury of having honest, civil and enjoyable conversations with Independents and Republicans alike who came together in their belief that Obama was the presidential candidate who could make the most difference. Let me tell you, it's been years since I've been able to talk with anyone from any other party in non-polarized manner.
I do not concede defeat, to admit defeat is to say that the progressive movement and change alike is all buzzwords and phrases. Whatever happens in the coming weeks, I do not lose the hope for a better tomorrow that was instilled in me by Obama, enough to haul my dried-out political soul into political activism.
Once again, my congratulations to Clinton and her supporters for uniting people of every demographic and walk of life to the call of change.
For my part, I am content to know that I believed completely in my candidate from beginning to end. Of course, this is not the end, there are still states to be decided in the coming months leading up to Democratic convention. Those races and results will be harder for other supporters of Sen. Barack Obama, surely, but the tide has gone with Clinton in this "Super Duper Tuesday." She garnered the majority of delegates with her victories in (at last count) seven states; while my fellow Obama supporters in 11 other states can rest well tonight, knowing their door-knocking and canvassing (in the spirit of our candidate's humble beginning in Chicago's south side) yielded results.
It's telling that while watching BBC America's news cast this morning, they summed up the delegate-allotment thusly, "The Democrats have a complicated system for awarding delegates while the Republicans have a winner-take-all approach." It goes to show that we Democrats believe in sharing an appropriate division while the other party believes in a zero-sum game.
But I'm sure that, despite her generalizing speech on defeating the Republicans, holding them all responsible for the mistakes of the Bush administration; Clinton will adopt Obama's approach to welcoming in all people into the movement of change, regardless of whether they're Independents or moderate-to-liberal Republicans. And yes, they do exist.
My time in the Obama for America campaign here in Reno-Sparks afforded me the luxury of having honest, civil and enjoyable conversations with Independents and Republicans alike who came together in their belief that Obama was the presidential candidate who could make the most difference. Let me tell you, it's been years since I've been able to talk with anyone from any other party in non-polarized manner.
I do not concede defeat, to admit defeat is to say that the progressive movement and change alike is all buzzwords and phrases. Whatever happens in the coming weeks, I do not lose the hope for a better tomorrow that was instilled in me by Obama, enough to haul my dried-out political soul into political activism.
Once again, my congratulations to Clinton and her supporters for uniting people of every demographic and walk of life to the call of change.