Racing out of the hotel, they sped to Manchester for Hillary’s victory speech.
«I came tonight with a very, very full heart,'» she began. «Over the last week I listened to you, and in the process, I found my own voice.»
When it was over, Hillary marched down a hallway backstage, with her husband and Chelsea at her side. She looked like a quarterback who’s just completed a last-second Hail Mary pass in overtime – pointing at her aides, high-fiving them, smiling from ear to ear. «This is amazing,» one of them said. «I’m so proud of you! You did this! You did this!»
Hillary nodded and puffed out her chest. «I get really tough when people fuck with me,» she said.
John Heilemann & Mark Halperin (2010) – Game Change. Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (s. 190).
