Hillary Clinton endorses Barack Obama. Endorsement speech and interview. --------------------------------------- Those of us who have not supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Race (I was initially for John Edwards and now for Barack Obama) and even criticized many of Hillary's campaign tactics (as I have blogged on HuffPost) must now give Hillary her props both for an eloquent and gracious concession speech, and for advancing the cause of women's rights in her campaign. Hillary's speech hit all of the right notes. She gave her due to her supporters, particularly women hoping to break the ultimate glass ceiling ("it now has 18 million cracks in it"). But Hillary finally did the right thing, in unequivocally endorsing Barack Obama over John McCain and embracing his campaign theme proclaiming "Yes We Can". She made it clear to her supporters that if they care about universal health care, the mortgage crisis, access to a college education, combating global warming, preserving a...