Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: 2,3, Free University of Berlin (John F. Kennedy Institut), course: Party History in the US., language: English, abstract: The democratic primary in 2008 is one of the most fascinating elections of american politics in modern times, which will be analyzed for generations to come. The first serious female presidential candidate from one major party and the first serious afro-american candidate for the oval office exited not only the democratic party but the whole global public. As President Obama is now in 2014 in the midst of his second term and speculation as well as expectation are rising on a second run of his democratic rival from foe and fried of former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: So it is worth to examine the democratic race of the giants that put light in the biggest remaining glass cellings of society race and gender. This paper will tell and analyze the democratic campaign from the Clinton perspective in 08 in the context of an anticipated second run in 2016.