Prison Life & Beyond eMagazine August 2016 | Page 10

U.S. & WORLD NEWS

Hillary Clinton
First Female President?
“Clinton Nomination Shatters Glass Ceiling, Focuses Democratic Party”
“I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet,”
Hillary Clinton declared to uproarious
applause Tuesday night. She appeared briefly via live satellite at the
Democratic National Convention in
Philadelphia. While she was due to
deliver a full speech on the closing
night of the convention, it was important for her to show up Tuesday to
acknowledge her place in the history
books.
Though Clinton has been well on
her way to a historic nomination for
some time now, she made it official
Tuesday. On this day, the DNC attendees officially selected her as the
Democratic party nominee for President of the United States. She’s the
first woman ever to secure the nomination of a major political party.
It goes without saying that she’s an
inspiration to women and girls all
over the country. For a woman to
take up residence in the Oval Office
as the 45th President would be a game
changer. It would be the ultimate
symbol of possibility. But more than
a beacon of hope or a political anomaly, Clinton’s nomination has even
greater implications.
Unlike the Republican party, the
Democrats have handled party division a little differently. A camp of
“Bernie or Bust” supporters have
stuck to their guns and supported Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders all the
way to the convention. For Clinton
and her supporters, gaining the support of Sanders’ camp was an important step. Without his millions of
loyal followers, Clinton wouldn’t

stand a chance of fighting off Donald
Trump for the win.
However, with an official public
endorsement from Sanders and the
solidification of her nomination the
following night, Clinton has seemingly achieved the impossible: party unity. And that’s a huge deal not just for
her possible win in November. It’s
even more important for the future of
the party, its platform and its future in
the White House regardless of who
wins this November.

Clinton and Tim Kaine
Clinton’s nomination allows Democrats to shift their focus from party
infighting to the bigger task at hand.
For every Democrat, they now need
to pool their efforts together to beat
Trump. Prior to her nomination that
wasn’t something the party was completely prepared to do. But now, with
a single candidate on the playing
field, they’re ready to move forward
with one objective that everyone can
agree on.
If Clinton wins the general election,
her success will have huge implications on a global scale as well. She’s

widely respected as a level-headed,
solution-oriented leader on the global
stage. Her win would also solidify her
as one-third of a trifecta of powerful
women. Should she win, women will
be running three of the five most
powerful economies in the world.
She’d join newly elected British
Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Only
China and Japan would remain with
male leaders.
Clinton’s nomination has already
drastically impacted the Democratic
party for the better. They’ll now have
the ability to work as a united front to
secure the White House. Her win will
be even more impactful. But in simpler terms, this is a big deal!

“For a woman to take
up residence in the Oval
Office as the 45th
President would be a
game changer”