Here’s a statement issued by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, on Sen. Barack Obama winning the White House. Now, about that Obama administration Cabinet post … 

“Tonight, we are celebrating an historic victory for the American people. This was a long and hard-fought campaign but the result was well worth the wait. 

“Together, under the leadership of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress, we will chart a better course to build a new economy and rebuild our leadership in the world. And I look forward to doing all that I can to support President Obama and Vice President Biden in the difficult work that lies ahead. 

“For too long, middle-class families in this country have felt invisible, struggling alone as wages stagnate, jobs disappear and the costs of daily life climb upward. In quiet, solitary acts of citizenship, American voters gave voice to their hopes and their values, voted for change and refused to be invisible any longer.” 

After she cast her vote in Chappaqua, NY, yesterday, with husband Bill, Clinton called President Bush "the lamest of lame ducks," and predicted that Obama would begin making presidential appointments and announcing economic policies within a couple of weeks. 

"I think given the circumstances that we find ourselves in I would expect that Barack would be announcing some of the major appointments to his administration, talking about the economic policies that he intends to put into place, between now and the time he is inaugurated.” 

She also said it will take awhile for Americans to "dig ourselves out of the ditch the Republicans have left us in.” 

"Democrats have unfortunately had to clean up the messes of Republicans for some time now, back to Franklin Roosevelt and as my husband had to do," Clinton said. 

Asked if she was sorry that her name was not on today’s ballot, Clinton said, "No, not at all … The personal honor and privilege I had of being a candidate and coming so very close to our nomination is something I’ll always be proud of.” 

Husband Bill also weighed in: "I’m very proud of the campaign she ran and the votes she got." He said not being able to vote for his wife "was a little bittersweet. But I’ll always look back with great pride on what she did.”