Clinton Campaigns In Ohio- Counts on Women for Comeback

This week Senator Hillary Clinton has stepped up the rhetoric when it comes to banding together women voters, especially in Ohio and Texas. As the race between she and Senator Obama intensifies, she has begun to more regularly emphasize the pioneering aspect of her run at becoming the first female president in United States history.

"I am thrilled to be running to be the first woman president, which I think would be a sea change in our country and around the world," Clinton remarked to a group in Cleveland, Ohio this week.

Clinton holds a strong double-digit lead amongst women voters in Ohio. They will have to report to the polls en force in Ohio, and Texas as well if Senator Clinton is to step back into the hunt. It is far from over.

Democrats say that women in Ohio respect Senator Clinton for her strength and the barriers she has broken down in providing opportunities for all women. She stopped by a Bob Evans in Rio Grande, Ohio on Thursday and snapped off shots with the all-female wait staff. Their admiration for her was apparent. Hillary Clinton is proud of running as a woman but insists she wants to be judged on her merits alone. Those women who support her will undeniably vote for her based on her experience and strength of character and policy knowledge. Many women voters have been quick to point out that they give her their support because they can also relate to her as mothers and daughters themselves. For certain engagements, the Senator has been known to bring along daughter Chelsea, and mother, Dorothy Rodham.

67 year old Kay Israel, a school teacher from Zanesville, Ohio, said of her preference for office, "I respect Hillary's strengths as far as overcoming obstacles against all odds... I admire her effort to make history. She's smart. She's educated. She knows the issues."

Senator Clinton will indeed call upon the full support of her female base in attempting to draw Senator Obama into a dead heat heading into the final days of this most contentious lead-up to the Democratic National Convention. She will need them now more than ever before.