Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife for President

After attending the Texas Democratic Party Convention there was definitely a lot of discussion around Hillary Clinton. I actually witnessed firsthand what the media has presented as a deep division in the Democratic Party. After a long weekend, in which Chelsea Clinton gave a speech to all of the attendees on the importance of unity, a live web stream of the Clinton "so-called concession speech," and just a lot of time spent talking amongst each other. You could definitely see things falling back into place as we were reminded that fundamentally we all agree on how our candidate should address the issues of greatest concern.

What was very noticeable is some of the misconceptions of Hillary Clinton's base. You always knew with Blacks making up only 12% of the population that Obama had to carry a lot of White voters to win the nomination. The interesting fact was how even the spread of support for each candidate is among women. The media would have you believe Hillary controlled the woman vote like Obama carried the Black vote, but on the floor of the convention you could see this was not actually the case.

Why didn't more women vote for her? Clinton overwhelmingly won with older women, Obama resonated strongly with younger women. What happened to the professional, well-educated women who came of age during the modern women's movement? Why were they not moved overwhelmingly by the opportunity to put one of their own in the White House? It maybe unreasonable to expect for her to sweep 90% of this demographic, but 60% would have been enough to claim the nomination.

Unfortunately, Obama was the "girl" in this race with messages of bringing people together and offering hope and reconciliation. Clinton came out as the tough guy! Clinton failed to demonstrate many of the resounding qualities that resonate with many women voters. Clinton has come to believe she and only she can adequately represent them. Clinton and her supporters have charged that sexism is responsible for her loss of the nomination, but it seems more likely that women themselves cost her the nod.........