Hillary lets go, and soars

Hillary Clinton was magnificent today in defeat. Her concession speech was layered and nuanced yet at the same time powerful in reason and emotion. Only the blinkered and biased could possibly find fault with the speech or her delivery.

It's obvious now that Hillary has grown exponentially as an orator in the last six months. I would venture that if she had been able to convey the same passion, generosity, optimism and exhortative power from the start -- well, I just think she would be our nominee today.

Alas, it was not to be -- this time around.

I was not sanguine about an Obama/Clinton ticket, but after today's speech I'm not so sure. Could Obama share making history with Hillary? Can Bill behave? Can both Clintons be content to be supporting players? Obama would be wise to consider this unity ticket seriously.