The week of June 3rd was one of those insane weeks that happen when you are working on a campaign. The primaries ended with Barack Obama claiming his victory and Hillary Clinton graciously conceding. I got so busy with interviews here in Madrid that I neglected my blog. Although I was and am thrilled with Obama as our candidate, I have to admit I was disappointed to let go of Hillary.

For a very long time I've dreamed of seeing a woman president and for the past several years believed that Hillary Clinton would be our first. I have to admit that this had something to do with becoming an activist and leader with Democrats Abroad. This would be my way to contributing to the realization of this dream.

I found it surprising how many women in my life didn't support her candidacy. I respect everyone's choice–but a little voice inside of me begs: Come on! We're women! We deserve this. We deserve an equal voice in politics. For the record, absolutely don't have one and won't until we work together to support female candidates from the bottom up.

That said, I'm going to back-post the interviews I have on video since the beginning of June. Here's June 6th:
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and part 2:
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