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For Women in and Out of Politics, Gender Doesn't Matter (Except When It Does)
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailySure, I am a strong, independent woman, someone who's been working since my teen years, and doing chores long before that. I don't ask for any favors because I'm a woman. But I have to admit, I'm not above using charm and a smile to clear those little daily hurdles. Rather than see it as a contradiction between my actions and ideals, it's just the way the world works, like it or not. So I don't hold it against female politicians who say gender doesn't matter while taking the stage in fashion-conscious mufti. They know the rules: No one will listen to what a woman is saying if her slip is ...
GOP's Rural White Guys: The Night They Drove New Dixie Down
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyRepublicans are busting with pride about the parade of rural white men who voted overwhelmingly for their candidates in last week's midterm elections. And not just on the national level. You have to go back to 1966 to find the same number of state legislature switches. You have to go back to 1928 to find this many state legislature seats filled with Republicans. That fact alone could ripple for years to come, due to the potential for partisan gerrymandering (fun fact: so named for the salamander-shaped district designed by a Gov. Gerry in 1812 Massachusetts). Representative districts are ...
Campaign Ads 2010: The Good, the Bad and the Funny
By Carl M. Cannon and Andrea Stone - Politics DailyMore than $4 billion will be spent on the 2010 midterm elections -- the lion's share of it on advertising on television, radio, and even a bit on the Internet. But what are we getting for all that money? Thanks to recent Supreme Court decisions, congressional campaign finance reform efforts that backfired, the cynicism of outside special interest groups, reckless challengers and frightened incumbents, mostly what we've gotten is a barrage of negativity that has dismayed even the most veteran observers. While some champions of good manners tout the virtues of "the civilogue," the midterm ...
'Smart Girls' vs. 'Freaks of Nature'
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK – Ever since Sarah Palin created the mama grizzlies and claimed the feminist banner, political warfare has broken at every level between conservative and liberal women. The core questions – Who is a real feminist? Who is pro-abortion and who is not? – have ignited some sensible and thoughtful debate, but mostly the two sides have been sniping and yapping at each other and seeming more outrageous each time. Now comes this bit from the Smart Girl Summit conference in Arlington, Va. – an outgrowth of Smart Girl Politics, which bills itself as "the home on the ...
The New Stepford Wives Party, Starring Sarah Palin (Also Gidget)
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyI loves me some mama grizzly Sarah Palin and her adorable Republican bear cubs running for national office -- Delaware's Christine "Never Mind What I Said Back Then" O'Donnell, South Dakota's Kristi "I Forgot My Court Date" Noem and Nevada's Sharron "Unemployed People Are Spoiled" Angle. And no, I don't love them because they're "unelectable." If you said that, bite your tongue. MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews bet Politics Daily's own David Corn that O'Donnell will win in November. Maybe that's a fake-out, but at this point in American politics, the fake is real, the real is fake, and the law of ...
Now Showing: Triumph of the Girly Girls
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Tea Party, Conservatives Revere Constitution (Except When They Don't)
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyThe Constitution has been a frequent rallying cry at Republican and Tea Party events this summer. If you ask Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Rand Paul and other conservative politicians, defending that sacred document written by the founders and amended by the people of the United States of America, is No. 1 on their national agenda. Except when it isn't. For instance, there's wiggle room on that 14th Amendment -- the one adopted after the Civil War to guarantee citizenship to blacks and anyone born on U.S. soil. (it also says the Bill of Rights must be upheld by state and local governments, ...
Why I Love the EMILY's List 'Mama Grizzlies' Ad
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- Well, ladies, at the risk of being the only gal in town who thinks that bear suits are where it's at, let me go out on a limb and say that I loved the EMILY's List ad about Sarah Palin's "mama grizzlies." In case you missed this week's installment of Girl Fight, allow me to sum it up. Earlier this week, EMILY's List, a national political group dedicated to electing pro-choice progressive women, launched a campaign, "Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me." The aim of the campaign was to counter Palin's ongoing efforts to claim the mantle of feminism for conservative, pro-life ...
Sarah Palin vs. EMILY's List and Bear Costumes: Fur Flies
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyGet a grip, ladies. On the 90th anniversary of suffrage, the gauntlet has been thrown between Republican and Democratic women, featuring volleys of nasty words and more wildlife imagery than an issue of Field and Stream. Susan B. Anthony would not be proud. This week, EMILY's List, a national political group dedicated to electing pro-choice progressive women, launched a campaign -- "Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me" -- against Sarah Palin to counter the former vice-presidential nominee and her Mama Grizzly candidates. The group encouraged women "to reject Palin's reactionary candidates and ...
EMILY's List Takes Swipe at Sarah Palin's 'Mama Grizzlies'
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySarah Palin has made "Mama Grizzlies" a campaign theme, but a Democratic women's group is growling back. EMILY's List, a national organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to office, announced a new campaign, "Sarah Doesn't Speak for Me," on Monday. Its mission: To fight back against Palin's "radical agenda" and her endorsed candidates. In a press release, the group said: "Sarah Palin has predicted a rising tide of mothers and women voters will support her so-called 'Mama Grizzly' candidates. Today, we call upon women -- and men! -- to let their voices be heard and to ...
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