My 3-second interaction with Hillary Clinton, and why I said everything that I needed to say to her.

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15. That's FANTASTIC, Tommy!

For both you AND your girls!

I wish I'd made a note of the male politician who was on one of the MSNBC morning shows awhile back, who was talking about his little girl. They were at the breakfast table one morning, and she had one of those plastic kiddie placemats - like the ones that have the map of the US, the map of the world, various dinosaurs, birds, boats and cars, all that stuff. My kids had those. There's also one of the Presidents. My kids had that one, too!

But this fellow on the panel was talking about his daughter, and how she had that "Meet the Presidents" placemat. And he recounted how she looked up at him that morning and asked - "Daddy, why aren't there any girls on there?" And he said that REALLY hit him, hard, and made him think. And he confessed to a whole new appreciation of the importance of THIS election, with THIS candidate, and what THIS candidate MEANS to ALL of America, including a whole new horizon opening up for his daughter - and all our daughters (and sons - my husband always reminds me not to leave our sons out, because this new era of female leadership WILL help them, too)!