Elle from Edinburgh says:

"Perhaps having a woman as head of the country will open America's eyes to the glass ceiling that still very much exists in the USA and the next female president can become elected with commentators discussing her experiance and policies rather than making presumptions that as a woman who is not afraid to show her emotions in public she would not have the strength of character to make important decisions on a global scale. "

Things must look different there in Scotland.

As a man who has lived in the USA for 50 years I can tell you that women have the largesse of right's benefits, and privileges here in the USA. Men are below women, children and even pets in the food chain. 4th class citizens now.
There is no glass ceiling anywhere for women in the USA only unfair advantage across the board.Prefernces in hiring and promotion on the job. Family courts that are anti-male. The list is long.

Denis, Andover, MA

To Michelline, Jacksonville, Fl
I did not say that.
If i did that would be plagiarism, I was only repeating what some of the regional papers did report regarding statistics.

sandra cardozo, RI, usa

Sandra said: The liberated and educated women did not vote for Hillary.

This liberated, college educated, professional woman will be voting for Hillary January 29.

Michelline, Jacksonville, FL , US

Those who rely on claims of voting fraud and disenfranchisement do their candidates and parties a huge disservice when they lose unless they can actually prove that something went wrong. If Barack Obama's supporters are falling back on the arguments the Democrats used in 2000 and 2004 to try and get a bad result overturned, then they are going to consign their man to the dustbin of history that Gore and Kerry are in for doing the same thing. Also, playing the race card is foolish when America is a united country, not one founded on a mosaic of different communities.

Face it, Barack lost and Hillary won because Hillary has substance and experience that the general public vote for. Political activists, here as well as in America, fall for media hype too much and thus should never be in a position to choose their party leader or nominee alone without some kind of senior input (the parliamentary party, who understand what people vote for) or the input of the general public.

Louise Stanley, Reading, UK

The women of America are easily fooled by those crocodile tears.

Do we want this 'woman' as leader of the free world ?

She is a blatant opportunist who put up with her husband's shaming indiscretions to make this contract for the two of them to return to the White House.

Reminds us of a similar contract to that of Blair and Brown, does it not ?

m.j.merriman, nottingham,

If men vote for a man because of his gender this is sexism. If women vote for a woman becuase of her gender you call this "liberated".

paulhewish, Hopton, UK

haha, liberated, don't make me laugh.. Clinton is hijacking the feminist agenda for her own purposes, the bottom line is that this woman is bought and paid for by corporate America.

You won't get any change if you vote for Hilary, this I can GUARANTEE.

Owen, London, UK

The liberated and educated women did not vote for Hillary.
The statistic showed that she got more votes from the less liberatedalso from the ones with very little education or no education, also from not so informed or do not read the news.

sandra cardozo, cranston, usa

Yeah dude all 3000 or so were liberated and bussed in from other states!

Krado, Burlington, NC

Prior to NH, my friends said, "She's Done!" I said, "She's like a vampire.....'and' Jason Voorhees. You can never count on a Clinton ever truly being dead." So I'm not surprised that she's back. As for myself, the debates, the press coverage, the whole deal doesn't matter to me. I don't need a refined speaker, and don't care what salad fork the president uses. I expect and demand performance. Consequently, I'm voting republican and preferably for Romney. Oh...and I don't care about his religion either!

Calirangr, glendora, ca/USA

Please name me 1 other woman who has managed to make it this far in American Politics.

Do you think Hillary wanted to stick with Bill when he found out he'd cheated on her? If she wanted to ever have a shot at being POTUS did she realise he was her only hope?

Its not the most liberating way to do it but lets face it she had no other chance. Perhaps having a woman as head of the country will open America's eyes to the glass ceiling that still very much exists in the USA and the next female president can become elected with commentators discussing her experiance and policies rather than making presumptions that as a woman who is not afraid to show her emotions in public she would not have the strength of character to make important decisions on a global scale.

Elle, Edinburgh,

Liberated Female Baby Boomers....puke.

Mds, Scottsdale, AZ

II cannot believe that Hillary thinks she has liberated women to be human beings in public life. What were they before? Phonies like Hillary? She plays the gender card to suit her own self-serving needs. I am an older woman, in the age group that is voting for Hillary, and I would rather slit my wrists than vote for THAT woman. Wise up, old ladies, you've been watching too many soap operas. Read Maureen Dowd's column on Hillary crying her way back to the White House. It's brilliant.

Rita A. Keiser, Omaha, NE.

So its not about her policies it is about her sex? Sounds like a worthy candidate.

Alex, Naples, Italy

She broke down the day before, and this women could lead a super power?.

wayne, huntingdon, cambridgeshire

why is it that the UK news seems to be obsessed with USA business? I listened to the bbc news in my car yesterday & the first 4 news items played every hour were all to do with the USA , very strange

peter, cardiff, uk

So 70% of women over 40 bought Hillary's crocodile tears? I knew boomers were stupid, but 70% of them?! I suppose America's only hope come November is that Spears or Cruise have some sort of "trauma" that Tuesday and all these flat-liners stay glued to the tube and forget to vote.

Darin, Centennial, CO

Funny, but I hear no desperate cries of "voter fraud" or"disenfranchisement" nor demands for a recount from her opponents! If she loses the primary or the general election in November you can make a sure bet that you'll hear those words.

Martin , Illinois,

I consider myself a "liberated woman" at 60 - I understand clearly it would much easier to stand by my cheating husband if I lived in the governor's mansion and/or the white house with a full staff at my service. Most women in this position (which I found myself in) have it very rough and are not helped out with a maid, chef, driver and personal staff. Hillary stood by her man even though she said "I'm not the kind of Tammy Wynette Stand by Your Man kind of woman" before she and Bill moved into the white house. I personally would not trust Hillary to be president because she has too many personal secrets that motivate her - to be president - to move her & Bill's old baggage back in the white house. The press is brutal enough on whoever is president that it would be circus and she would be distracted once again to defend herself and protect Chelsea. Does anyone know if she spends time with Chelesea other than on a political junkit? Hillary is a control freak and she can't trust anyone.

Patricia Robertson, Loganville, GA

I really think that nearly all of the people that Clinton has helped has had something she needed. Either they belonged to a union whose endorsement of money she needed, or else maybe they were rich and famous and she wanted their money or their endorsement. What exactly has she done for women? When was the last time that she has taken a really risky stand for women? Does the right to choose count? Maybe we are all afraid that she would come out as being pro-life? Give me a break! The only thing that really got her upset was the thought that she might lose the chance to be the most powerful woman in the world.

There are only two people in this race who are likely to do anything differently. They are Obama and Edwards.

Christopher Hobe Morrison, Pine Bush, Ulster County, NY, USA

Women who vote specifically to put a woman in the White House present a huge set back for women's equality. If we have equality, the candidate's gender should not matter at all. I agree with those of you who are tired of these elections. Over here most of us are sick and tired of the whole circus, including the candidates, but you wouldn't be able to tell that from the media. They live for this. Those of you in Europe seem to like our front runners better than we do, perhaps Mrs. Clinton, Obama et. al. can run for office in the UK instead. OK?

Bee, Houston, TX

"extraordinary and unexpected comeback" NOT

This was neither a comeback or amazing. Hillary Clinton should, I emphasis , should win this nomination according to how the press, the Democratic Party and the pundits have anointed her a LOCK to be Dem Nominee for the last couple of years. She was anointed the Senatorship to NY as a stepping stone for this. its MANIPULATIVE. And now that she is in a fight, but not behind she going to play the underdog. its MANIPULATIVE and a machine the press is their, helping her by pretending and writing that she is out.

Want to know the Clinton Playbook, ala 1992, "appear to come from way way way behind when the whole time you are ahead but i a fight"

How do you appear to come from behind? the press makes you look like an underdog with stories like this one and their stunning come from behind wording....

"extraordinary and unexpected comeback" NOT

Jack Shelten, Las Vegas, Nevada

Please explain what's liberated about a woman who stands
by while her husband cheats on her incessantly, allows herself to be humiliated by her husband, but hangs on to him because without his name she's nothing. I don't see her
running as Hillary Rodham, in fact her maiden name is
nowhere to be seen since her bid for the Senate. She should
complete her "libaration" by running as Mrs. Bill Clinton.
The first time she got asked a semi-tough question, she whined that the boys were ganging up on her because she's a girl, the second time she reacted like a raging b****, then after her loss she turned on the waterworks, and to top it all off she sent out her husband to trash her opposition. What a glorious model of feminism!
Liberation will be ours when we're finally rid of the Clintons and all their garbage once and for all.
Besides, were's the progress when we put the exact same two people back in the White House? Goodbye 90's and for sure goodbye 60"s! Let's move on already

Nicp, Madison, Alabama

I live in New York, and I've been following this election closely. There needs to be a recount, this result is highly suspicious. Obama was up 11% in the last polls, and he won in counties where votes are counted by hand by 7.2% on average. The counties where Hillary won were counted on easily manipulated voting machines that citizens are not allowed to verify. It's highly suspicious, and if we can't get a recount, I fear greatly for my country,

Benjamin Winters, Albany, New York

I would have to say that it has more to do with the fact that independents can vote for either party in New Hampshire and that in Iowa you have to be a member of a party.

Ron, Peoria, IL

If people believe that pathetic display of fake emotion from Hillary then they I have some ocean front property to sell them in AZ."Where's the ocean you ask, oh, the tides just out, sniff sniff."

Melvin Leigh Leppla, Jacksonville, NC

'Liberated' ?

What's 'Liberated' about riding your husband's coat-tails into office.

If SEXIST Nepotism gets Hillary nominated I'm voting against the Democrats for the first time ever.

America is a Democracy = Not a Monarchy

PulSamsara, USA,

This is not a personality contest and its scary the way some of these comments read - CHECK THEIR VOTING RECORDS!!! Obama has NO experience AT ALL, Hillary's experience is being 1st lady (that's a stretch). Wake up America - you are about to vote for two extreme liberals ready to raise taxes extremely high, cut defense spending and put our country back in the perils it was during the '90's. Oh that's right, that's when Bill was prez, or pretending to be one. They have as much experience to be POTUS as any of the people commenting - don't be stuck on stupid America - do your homework - either side, there isn't one candidate that stands out to be legitimately concerned w/ securing America, and putting the interests of America ahead of their own manical impulses to have supreme power. America SHOULD be tired of the status quo of elitist DC beltway talking shirts. Bush/Clinton/Bush/... no more! Time for some fresh ideas and TRUST to do right by America and for America - BE PROUD!

holly, atlanta, ga

I have no problems with who is in office as long as the people step back and vote with their minds, not with their emotions. We are rational creatures, let's live up to our true nature.

Scott Ahrens
for INTERNAL ENERGY PLUS

Scott, Mahwah, NJ, USA/NJ

Throughout 2007 and up to Iowa Mrs Clinton kept saying she was in the campaign "to win" (i.e. me, me, me and more me). Following New Hampshire she now says she's in the campaign "to win FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE". Such hyprocisy.

Gwen Williams, Bristol, UK

Thank God I live in UK. Am fed up with this election already! After only two 'primaries'. So much hype. For once am glad we have E2.

Andrew Lewis, Cardiff, UK

As Republicans redundant - you have two choices - a female or black president. My choice would be Hillary - she has experience and charecter. Ob is cute - but untried. He would make a good VP. An ideal ticket for US in 21st cent. Personally am glad to have E2 - she is tried and tested.

Andrew Lewis, Caerdydd, UK

Uh, how are you liberated if you need Hillary Clinton to provide everything you need for your family? Her commercial of giving Christmas gifts was so stupid -- that wasn't her money she bought those so called gifts with, it was the taxpayers. Let her use Bill Clinton's money to buy people gifts -- keep her hands off our money. I do feel she was helped by the media lovefest over Barak. He has gotten such a free pass, that even Brian Williams has admitted they are only covering his favorably, and everyone is so afraid of being labeled racists if they write or say anything negative about him. A guy with 2 years experience getting the keys to the white house by the press corp can cause resentment.

Karen , ny ny,

I am having trouble understanding why women would vote for Hillary? I asked a couple of women I know and they said because she is a strong woman. So a strong woman is one who takes her husband back after he cheats on her several times and was nearly impeached for a s*xual encounter in the Oval Office? Are these women who are voting for Hillary not aware of the fact that she is pro-war and wants our troops to remain in Iraq? Women really are from Venus....

Ken, Marysville, CA

Hillary should step aside and let Obama have a turn at being president. Her husband already took a turn and she is not, after all, a minority candidate. Whatever happened to Democratic Party ethics and their pronouncements regarding affirmative action, the implementation of “diversity policies” and fair set asides for minorities?

Obama should have been awarded at least an additional 10 percent of the total New Hampshire Democratic Party vote based on the fact that he is from a protected minority and is entitled to fairer play!

While they are at it, the Democratic Party should self assess a tax on the hundreds of millions of their candidate's contributions from greedy corporate donors and crusading trial lawyers at a 33% tax rate.

The money could be used to assist those that President George W. Bush deliberately victimized through hurricane Katrina and pay for health insurance premiums for middle class children. It could also supplement a minority candidate’s campaign fund to ensure that they get the same quality of opportunity that Edwards and Clinton enjoy.

This would demonstrate a liberal democrat's compassion for their favorite social issues? Who knows, maybe they would even have a few dollars left over to provide mandatory spousal marriage benefits for the homosexual community?

Let’s see these politicians set the example for all Americans to follow? After all, if it’s good enough for the electorate, it’s good enough for the politicians that mandate such policies! Isn't this the right thing to do?

dryden01, Redmond, USA/WA