Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York cast her ballot at an elementary school in Chappaqua, N.Y., this morning. (Photo by Justin Lane / EPA)
by Mark Silva
CHICAGO -- One year ago today, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York was the widely favored Democratic candidate for president.
Today, at Griffin Elementary school in Chappaqua, N.Y., Clinton cast her presidential ballot for Sen. Barack Obama of Chicago, who voted in his Hyde Park neighborhood, not far from Park Ridge, where Clinton was born.
The former first lady's long pursuit of the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination ended in June, following a hard-fought contest with Obama. Clinton, voicing optimism about the next few years ahead, insisted today that she felt no regrets in her vote. Indeed, she said, she has appeared at some 75 events to promote the candidacy of the junior senator from Illinois.
"It is a very humbling and overwhelming experience to cast my vote,'' Clinton said, after leaving her polling place. "It's a really extraordinary day. It's a great tribute to our country.''
Comments
Oh~~~~Good~
Posted by: 51eo.Com | November 4, 2008 11:11 AM
What an extraordinary, gracious woman.
Posted by: Wish we coulda had 8 years of Hill then 8 years of Obama but I'll take anyone but Mcsame | November 4, 2008 11:36 AM
She showed alot of class.
Posted by: GK | November 4, 2008 11:43 AM
Holy crap! She looks like she's aged more than a two term president in this photo. Good thing she didn't make it into office for her sake!
I, for one, am glad a message of hope resonated with the democrats rather than the same old stick.
Since we now have a black president, I can't personally wait to see a third party or an agnostic/atheist win a future election. It looks like it's possible now!
Posted by: Kelly | November 4, 2008 11:59 AM
I was at the polling place at Grafflin Elementary School around the time Hillary Clinton voted, I think just after. (My polling place is 2 miles away; I was there for a parent teacher conference.) The TV crews were still there and the school principal was poking his head around the corner to see what they were up to. I think she'd just left. The Clintons's voting always makes the principal nervous in that he wants to make sure that no students are filmed, photographed, or interviewed. While there is no school today because of the election, some kids accompanied their parents for the teacher conferences.
Posted by: Kathryn Cramer | November 4, 2008 12:08 PM
I don't care for the Clintons as a whole. But I do think that Bubba did some good things while in office. That said I can't get the thought out of my head that there's more to the Clintons supporting Obama then meets the eye. So what is it? what deal was cut? Perhaps a judgeship, or ambassadorship.I guess I just trust either of them.
Posted by: paul | November 4, 2008 12:39 PM
Real class there, "Kelly." Yes, I can't wait for another candidate who got less votes in the primary to be nominated, his past hidden with the complicity of the media, his true agenda obscured by tired catchphrases. At least we won't have to worry about a woman ever getting elected. They're just so pesky, hardworking, and competent - and they get old, too. Thanks, Kelly, for showing us the real side of "hope and change."
Posted by: Bemused | November 4, 2008 12:48 PM
My bet is that Hillary, Bill and Chelsea voted for McCain. That's the only one way that Hillary can run again in 2012, otherwise, it'll be impossible for her to win the party's nomination against an incumbent Obama (if Obama somehow gets himself elected).
Posted by: Ryan | November 4, 2008 1:01 PM
A gracious response, and appropriate to the day. Godspeed, Sen. Clinton. A mountain of work awaits you in Washington and New York.
Posted by: Malachite Kingfisher | November 4, 2008 1:03 PM
An Obama win will do more than just end the era of Bush; it will also close the door on the Clintons, for which every American regardless of party identification should give Obama his or her vote. I'm sick of these bloviating airbags descending from on high to explain everything to us commoners. The Clintons are for one party only and that is the Clintons. I for one am entirely satisfied that Obama is now the leader of the post-Clinton Democratic era.
Posted by: whew | November 4, 2008 3:33 PM