And if Hillary had not been the spouse of Bill Clinton, would she have been elected Senator of a state where she had never lived before? The idea that Obama's race has given him an edge is odd, considering that we have had black Democratic primary candidates for president before. Hillary has a leg up (so to speak) because she's Hillary CLINTON, not Hillary Rodham. Obama didn't have the family connections...too bad feminists like Ferraro leave that out. Iguess it would destroy that "Hillary made it on her own" meme.