I don't know what all the fuss and praise is about with regards to Hillary's concession speech. It was not all that good. If that was the best one she delivered, I am more surprised she garnered as many votes as she did.

Hillary was, and is, a walking, talking cult of personality. That is her strength (among the weak of mind) and weakness (among those demanding truth and accountability).

Please, no resurrection. Rather, it is time to move on to fresh faces and new approaches. I do hope Obama picks a female running mate, in part to show that it is not the person but the movement that is more important.

Daniel Carr

Forest Knolls, CA

I find it difficult to contrast this article with Hayden's previous analyses of Senator Clinton's campaign conduct. Blaming the men who ill-advised her is a cop-out. If she chose to follow their recommendations, just as she followed the recommendations which created her dishonest vote to give the power to President Bush to invade Iraq, what does this say about her ability to tell the difference between the facts and poor advice? This does not a leader make, and although the concession speech she made was well written and delivered, was it not another attempt to ingratiate herself in order to hold onto power?And can we trust what she said once more? The answer is no, and I don't believe that the only way for Senator Obama to secure the votes of her supporters is to cater to her. Those who recognize the difference between voting for Senator Obama or Senator McCain should make their decisions on their own, and Senator Clinton must not be permitted to receive concession of an important position in Senator Obama's Administration by using her followers as hostages.

Pearl Volkov

Sun City Center, FL

Resurrection? Enough with the sanctification of Hillary, already.

I'd read a few descriptions of the event and speech before I got to Hayden's, and his finished me off. Right back to disgust. Nothing has changed: everything is still all about Hillary getting as much power as she can get. That she could pull off her endorsement as if she meant it no longer surprises me; the woman is a frighteningly skilled actress. Likewise, that the echo-chamber media, across the board, bought it.

Rehabilitation would have been a better word, but it would have changed none of the above.

The two web letters about Pollitt's misty-eyed benediction were clear-eyed, and fantastic; how about hiring the writers?

Novelle Saarinen

San Francisco, CA