Clinton suspends presidential campaign, endorses Obama

New York Senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton during her last speech as presidetial candidate before her supporters also she endorse him for General election against Sen.John McCain

Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama having chat.

Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday officially suspended her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and announced her endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama. Clinton, speaking at the National Building Museum in Washington, thanked her supporters and vowed to continue the fight "on the front lines of Democracy." At the end of a long race for the Democratic nomination, Obama narrowly beat out Clinton for the party's presidential ticket. He scored 2,154 delegates while Clinton got 1,919. Clinton, for her part, narrowly beat Obama in the popular vote, getting 17.6 million votes to Obama's 17.4 million.

I endorse him and throw my full support behind him," said the former first lady, delivering the strong affirmation that her one-time rival and other Democratic leaders hoped to hear after a bruising campaign.

Obama, in a statement from Chicago where he was spending the weekend, declared himself "thrilled and honored" to have Clinton's support.
"I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run," he said. "She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now know that there are no limits to their dreams. And she inspired millions with her strength, courage and unyielding commitment to the cause of working Americans."

President Bush praised the symbolism of the 2008 field.

"I thought it was a really good statement, powerful moment when a major political party nominates an African-American man to be their standard bearer," he said in an interview Friday with an Italian journalist. "And it's good for our democracy that that happened. And we also had a major contender being a woman. Obviously Hillary Clinton was a major contender. So I think it's a good sign for American democracy."