There was history made yesterday in the Democratic Party, the first African American to claim a major party’s presidential nomination: Barack Obama — before a rapturous crowd in Minnesota — claiming the prize after an epic campaign.
And there was mystery in the Democratic Party: Hillary Clinton, watching the same last primary results come in from South Dakota and Montana — and not conceding.
“What does Hillary want?” she asked last night in New York. We don’t yet know.
This hour, On Point: Obama makes history, Clinton does not concede.
-Tom Ashbrook
Guests:
Richard Wolffe, senior White House correspondent for Newsweek. He has been covering the presidential campaign.
E.J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. His latest book is “Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right”.
Madeleine Kunin, former Democratic governor of Vermont, from 1985 to 1991, and author of the new book, “Pearls, Politics, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead”.
Congressman Donald Payne, he represents the 10th Congressional District of New Jersey and last month shifted his support from Clinton to Obama.
Tags: 2008 Democratic Convention, 2008 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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