Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech

Nicely said Obsidian. I thought your comments about the media's coverage of character to Amp were on target.  I was reading some comments by Dr. Neal H. Mayerson, Chairman of the VIA Institute on Character.  In referring to Hillary Clinton's recent speech, he said, "Any careful observer of her speech noticed that when she talked about herself she smiled a true smile, and when she extolled the virtues of supporting Barack Obama, there was no smile at all."  He believes that Hillary Clinton lost because of lack of integrity.  "This race was neck and neck.  The smiling patterns in her concession speech seem to reveal what people are telling us in our survey - namely, that she is seen to be lacking authenticity, a very important quality people want to see."  Like you, Obsidian, I hope that the media will focus not only on the differences between the two candidates as far as the issues of Iraq, the economy, healthcare, energy, etc are concerned, but also on the character of Obama and McCain.  Integrity must come first if either is truly going to lead and set an example for what America can be.