Opinion Streams

The following is an email I sent to Marie Cocco, a Washington Post columnist, after reading her article The ‘Not Clinton’ Excuse.  In the article, Ms. Cocco describes the “not Clinton” argument as a “rationale” and, by her title, dismisses the “rationale” as an “excuse”, presumably a pretextual excuse to explain away rampant sexism against Sen. Clinton during the campaign cycle.  She then asks the question “If not now, when?  If not Hillary, who?”  Choosing to ignore the dismissive way she referenced the “inspirational quest by Barack Obama to become the country’s first black president”, I chose to respond directly to Ms.