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Sarah Fairfield Hillary Clinton: Stepping out of the Shadows and into the forefront of Women's politics



**1. 2000-2008-** After completing the two terms of being First Lady of the U.S.A., Senator Hillary Clinton started fulfilling her political dreams by becoming Senator of New York. Not only was she the first senator of the U.S., she was the first lady to run for public office. This marked the end of her merely being her husband's supporter and finally following her political ambitions. This was the first of many steps to allow her to run for president.



**2. January 20, 2007-** New York Senator Hillary Clinton, announced she wanted to be President of the United States of America. To announce to the public her plans to run for presidency she posted on her website "I'm in, and I'm in to win." This showed that she was serious about being President of the U.S. and that it was the start of her campaign. She was the twenty-fifth woman to run for President of the U.S. but was the first woman to have a legitimate chance of winning the nomination of a major party, and the presidential election. **3. September- December 2007-** In September 2007, polling in the first six states that were holding Democratic Primaries or Caucasus showed that Clinton was leading in all of them. At this time her two closest competitors were Senator Barack Obama and Senator John Edwards. In October, the polls showed that she was in the lead against her competitors. However, in some debates she had a weak performance against the other candidates. Obama's message of "change" was something people believed in more than her message of "experience." By December, race tightens considerably with Clinton losing her lead in some polls. This was the start of her downfall. **4. February 5, 2008- Super Tuesday-** Leading up to Super Tuesday, which is where twenty- four states held Caucasus or Primaries elections, it was a two person race with Obama. Clinton had the support of women, Hispanics, older, non-college-educated, and working-class, white voters, but was lacking the support of African Americans, which Obama had. The Clinton campaign thought they would win the presidential nomination by Super Tuesday, but that did not happen. Even though Clinton won the largest states, Obama won more states, which almost evenly split the total popular vote. By not definitely winning Super Tuesday, this was the final blow and her chances of ever realistically getting the nomination were ruined. **5. June 7, 2008-** Senator Hillary Clinton formally announced her resignation of running for President. In the process, she let it be known that she supported Obama in being president. This was officially the end of a women's first successful attempt of gaining the nomination to run for president. **6. June 29, 2008-** Because of Hillary Clinton's successful campaign, John McCain, the Republican Presidential Candidate, hoped to capitalize on the popularity of a woman candidate and announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. This was the immediate effect that Hillary Clinton had on politics because without her chance McCain would have never chosen Sarah Pain. Sarah Palin was not as politically qualified as other potential running mates.



**7. December 7, 2008-** Many people thought that Barack Obama would choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate for Vice President, but he did not. Instead he chose Joe Biden. However, he did eventually put her in a powerful position and on December 7, newly elected President Barack Obama announced Hillary Clinton as part of his cabinet as the powerful Secretary of State. Being one of the most important cabinet members, she became an influential force in the U.S. International Relations. **8.June 27, 2011-** The impact of Hillary Clinton's successful campaign made it easier for Michele Bachmann to not become a joke when running for the Republican Presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton was the spark of women finally being taken seriously in political attempts.