Generations of Women Fundraiser Raises $1 MILLION

More on the event here and here. All MI and FL votes should be counted as is which would make the pledged delegate difference 100. Obama is saying FL delegates will be seated before the convention. MI should be seated as is too. The best idea: Filmmaker Harvey Weinstein told Nancy Pelosi he’ll cut off all funds to Congressional Democrats unless she allows him to finance revotes in MI and FL. Great idea, Harvey!

He did convey to her the belief that it is in the best interest of Senators Clinton, Senator Obama and the historic values of the Democratic Party to find a way to revote Florida and Michigan and not disenfranchise millions of voters. Harvey believes the only way Democrats can lose the presidency in 2008 is by repeating what happened in 2000 — and not count all the votes. Harvey assumes that all Democrats stand united behind the principle that everyone should have the opportunity to vote.

C’mon Harvey, make it happen!

There should be other filmmakers or moguls who do the same thing. Women take for granted the fact Clinton inspired women everywhere in the world for 16 years. She made girls and women believe they could be whatever they wanted to be. During and after her First Ladyship, college and law school attendance of women in the United States skyrocketed and surpassed men’s enrollments and women haven’t slowed down since. There are many things people don’t remember about Hillary Clinton. It bothers me a great deal women don’t realize how much hope, possibility and pride she gave girls and women all around the world.

Taylor Marsh received this tearjerker of an email from an Obama supporter:

I spoke to my mother briefly tonight, just small talk, and mentioned the political atmosphere of the last 24 hrs. She just said she loved me, and that she wanted to get off the phone, and gave it to my dad. She is a Hillary supporter, my dad and I are Obama folks. As my dad and I talked, I started to feel really bad about all the negative feelings that have emerged over the last few months. I particularly started to feel seriously guilty towards my mom.

Had I just denied my 65 year-old mom the chance to see a woman become president for perhaps the only time in her adult life? I don’t think that a woman president is that far off at all, but I certainly wouldn’t go around assuming that, if I had spent the last 65 years watching a parade of men take the chair in the Oval Office, and feel like there is nothing to be done to change that. And along comes Hillary, and the dream is alive, and then it is crushed in this brutal primary we’ve all gone through.

I guess for the first time in this election season, I walked for a moment in the other side’s shoes, and I really didn’t like how my side looked. And as much as my Obama activism has meant to me over the last several months, it suddenly didn’t hold a candle to realizing I may have participated in stealing my mother’s dreams away from her. All of a sudden, all I wanted to do was give my mom a female president, and do all it took to make that happen.

This is a damn tough time to be a Democrat.

Taylor:

If Hillary would get the nomination, it is my belief that women across this country would mobilize in a manner that would send shock waves through the political system. Since we are the majority in this country, imagine what that would mean to the Democratic party. No single voting block has that power. A dream would finally become reality, not just for Will’s mother, but for all women.

As we approach Mother’s Day this weekend, it’s something to contemplate. Will’s mother is not alone.

Hillary Clinton, by the time this contest is finished, will have gotten more votes than any candidate in American primary history. She also has more retired flag officer support and high ranking military support than Barack Obama, but also of any Democrat who’s run in recent times. With Hillary’s candidacy we have come a long way, but as this presidential race continues to show, there’s still much further to go.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY.