Gore on Clinton

“I think that women often face these kinds of challenges, of course, in our society. But I think that she did an amazing job in changing that, as I think Senator Obama and Bill Richardson, where Hispanics are concerned, also made it possible for our country to move on into the 21st century and say, ‘Wait a minute, these old things that held us down in the past, we’re now within sight of a time when we can move beyond that.’”

– Al Gore, Meet the Press, July 20.

And he’s absolutely right. Even though I’m quite tuckered out from the Oppression Olympics that emerged from this primary campaign, The fact that we had a woman, an African-American, and a Latino simply in the running as serious candidates for a major party is proof that we’re moving forward as a nation.

How do you think this particular primary has changed the way we view the Democratic electorate? The general electorate?

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