Dear Friends and Family,

John and I are off to Denver for the 2008 Democratic Convention. I am very excited and very honored to be one of 241 California delegates elected from each Congressional district. I am a proud delegate of Senator Hillary Clinton.

As you know I have put my heart and soul into Hillary's campaign for almost a year... not only a tremendous amount of time and money but emotion. I am one of those older white women who wanted to see a woman President in my life time. I felt so proud to support Hillary not just because she is a woman but because I believed she was the best candidate. Not only was I elected by the people of the 17^th Congressional District as a Hillary delegate but our district went for Hillary and I will be voting for Hillary on the first ballot.

A lot happened in this campaign that I have strong feelings about among them the current caucus system which disenfranchised so many voters and I was able to see up close in Iowa and Texas, and the sexism in the media that came out in this campaign that was unchallenged by the Democratic Party. In the future I will be working on strategies to energize Hillary's supporters and others to keep the issue of gender inequity on the front page, in the headlines and on the cable stations until we break through the insidious and mean-spirited sexism in this country. As Hillary said

"Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. And the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. That has always been the history of progress in America. Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes..."

I will be working to form a POLITICAL and FINANCIAL force to change the way this culture treats women, including the media, entertainment, sports jocks etc. and to coordinate the many networks that have formed as a result of Hillary's campaign. We can not miss this opportunity! I hope you will join me.

This blog was set up so that I can share with you my experiences in Denver and so that you can share your thoughts with me.

On to Denver!!!