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Women in Politics: Groups Aim to Increase the Numbers in 2012
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyWith the 2012 elections in mind, several groups are gearing up to recruit and train women candidates after a mixed showing in 2010. The 2010 census means districts for the U.S. House of Representatives and for state legislatures are being redrawn, creating the potential for more open seats, more competitive races, and possibly more women in office. "We have to take advantage of that once-a-decade opportunity," said Mary Hughes, a California political strategist who is founder and director of the 2012 Project, a nonpartisan group trying to recruit women candidates. On the conservative side, ...
Conservatives 'Don't Know What' Chris Lee Was Thinking
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- One day after Rep. Christopher Lee was exposed for his bare-chested lie on Craigslist and resigned his House seat, conservative women gathered here today sought to paint him as an exception. "You know, I don't know what he was thinking," said Paula Tyler of the conservative website Smart Girl Politics, speaking above the din of the exhibit hall at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservative activists. "I don't understand that kind of behavior." Lee, who represented western New York, resigned at what passed for light speed when it comes to congressional scandals after the gossip ...
In Defense of EMILY's List
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- Well, ladies, it would appear that I need to don my wetsuit one more time and swim across the pond to defend the honor of EMILY's list. The last time I did this was earlier this summer, when EMILYs List -- a national political group dedicated to electing pro-choice progressive women -- launched a campaign, "Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me." The group ran an ad openly mocking Sarah Palin's whole "mama grizzly" trope for conservative women. In the ad, women dressed in bear costumes voiced their concerns over such issues as health care policy and federal support for education to explain why ...
'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 ...
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