Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.

'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right.

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

That's not to say that women's priorities are better than men's. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit.

Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.

That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.

I don't think women hold all the answers, but with their skills, their strengths, we can get to a better place.