Dear Editor,
In response to VO Patrick’s letter, ‘The prelude to the end game,’ (SN, 5.6.08), I share the writer’s sentiments regarding the history-making achievement by an African American, Mr Barack Obama, in the long and sometimes tense fight with Mrs Hillary Clinton for the just concluded Democratic race for the nominee in this year’s US presidential race.
But let us be somewhat fair and balanced and recognize that, as Mr Obama went out of his way to point out, Mrs Clinton also turned in a history-making performance as a female contender in a race traditionally dominated by males. Both Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton, therefore, broke glass ceilings and dismantled barriers, thus paving the way for other African Americans and females to easily vie for the US presidency.
