Team of Rivals

Hillary Clinton addressed the Democratic Convention on Tuesday night, August 26, 2008. Though she and Barack Obama had been fierce rivals during the lengthy primary campaign, she declared Obama to be "my candidate and he must be our president." The convention floor became a sea of white "Hillary" signs, soon replaced by signs reading "Unity."

In her speech, she noted that her mother was born before women could vote. "But in this election, my daughter got to vote for her mother for President."

Clinton went on to become President Obama's widely admired Secretary of State. Federal regulations and the State department's ethics rules prevent her from attending the 2012 Democratic Convention.