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Sam Stein

Biden, Clinton To Unite As Obama Woos Women Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama is continuing his effort to court women voters, with a fundraiser, new television ad, and a coordinated event with Hillary Clinton this w...

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Other Things

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Lucy Carrigan

The McCain/Palin ticket (and the Republican Party), doesn't want you to talk about other things.

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Sam Stein

Obama Lays Out Plans To Woo Women Voters: Forget Palin, Focus On Equal Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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During a conference call with national female supporters on Monday, Barack Obama and his aides outlined a comprehensive strategy to target female supp...

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America, Meet Rachel

Teresa McCoy | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

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Teresa McCoy

No matter where we think the state of our country stands, no matter how low, there are increasing numbers of young men and women just like Rachel who see this moment as their chance to change things.

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Why the Democrats Need to Dumb It Down

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

She makes them laugh and lets them think that they'll all head over to Culver's later for frozen custard and ButterBurgers.

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Angry White Women Revisited

Anna Greenberg | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Anna Greenberg

Many women voters find much to admire about Palin, but that does not mean they will vote for her without knowing what it would mean to their lives.

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Don't Complain About Biased Media Coverage, Do Something About It

David Latt | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

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David Latt

After the Friday surprise that John McCain had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate, the media reacted with shock and awe. Since then, while some m...

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Women Against Sarah Palin: Bloggers Strike Back

Jillian York | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

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Jillian York

Two New York women decided to speak out against Sarah Palin by sending an email to their friends asking them to fight back. The email ended up getting sent around the world, and now women from all over the globe have responded on how they view the Alaska governor.

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Wake Up Little Suzi Wake Up!

Nancy Chuda | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Nancy Chuda

Every feminist who marched without a bra and defended the rights of women, we're going backwards not forwards, becoming a dying breed, even endangered if Sarah Palin becomes our VP.

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Insulted Women Sound Off On Campaign Politics

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

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Marlene H. Phillips

My email roared out the response of women who wanted their opinions on this election to be heard. "Insulted," was one word they used, and enraged with John McCain's underestimation of them.

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Enough! Look At The Record, Not The Bells And Whistles

Teresa McCoy | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

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Teresa McCoy

Women here in Defiance, Ohio, are insulted that the McCain camp thinks that in 2008 we can't speak or think for ourselves. "Throw a woman on the ticket and they'll fall in line."

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The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Morra Aarons-Mele

Palin as a mom symbol is important to discuss, but there's too much at stake to get lost again in the gender wars, no matter how validating it feels to have our opinions asked.

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Palin's Appeal To Working Class Women May Be Limited

Los Angeles Times | Faye Fiore and Peter Wallsten | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Trish Heckman, a 49-year-old restaurant cook and disappointed Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter, watched last week as the country's newest political st...

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Sarah Palin and the "Women's" Vote

Roseanne Barr | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Roseanne Barr

Palin doesn't believe that women or girls should have birth control. She believes every raped female who gets pregnant should have to carry the child to term.

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RNC Speech Proves Sarah Palin is Not "Every Woman"

Kim Mance | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Kim Mance

As a woman and feminist, I'm not buying all the rhetoric. Mainly because Sarah Palin is the most anti-women woman to hit national politics to date.

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Professional Women: Palin Is An Insult

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home

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Marlene H. Phillips

The women who like Palin would have voted Republican anyway. Can McCain reach past that base and convince other women that Palin was a good choice? It's not about 'a woman' -- it's about women's issues.

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Is the Woman in the Year of the Woman Sarah Palin?

Linda Hirshman | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Linda Hirshman

Rejecting Sarah Palin could be the beginning of a renewed women's movement, a movement of content and boundaries, that uses its electoral power to achieve its ends.

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Open Letter to Sarah Palin: No, You Cannot Ride Clinton's Coattails

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

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Sara Haile-Mariam

Clinton supporters are skeptical about your nomination, Sarah, and I've talked to others who are insulted. You see, they didn't support Senator Clinton because she was a woman but because she was their advocate.

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Are American Women as Stupid as John McCain Thinks?

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Darryle Pollack

Many people are more qualified than me to write about politics. However, as an outsider, I think I am qualified to comment on John McCain's selecti...

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Does Obama Have a Mama Obsession?

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Lesley Jane Seymour

Obama gave a huge metaphorical hug to American women in general and moms in particular. I'll admit I actually teared up when he said that the day she died was the worst of his life.

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Why Can't Hillary Deliver Women the Way Oprah Does?

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style

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Lesley Jane Seymour

The truth is that getting women to buy a book or bundt cake is one thing. Getting them to completely change their emotional allegiance is another.

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The Hurdle Hillary Supporters Can't Get Over

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Joanne Bamberger

As I was pondering why there is still so much coverage of the so-called reluctance of "older" Hillary supporters to become enthusiastic about Obama, I had one of those light-bulb, Oprah AHA! moments.

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Denver 1908: Women Participate for First Time

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Kate Kelly

Though the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote was not ratified until 1920, women in Colorado had earned the right to vote before this time.

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Obama Caint Choose Kaine

Gloria Feldt | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Gloria Feldt

Obama should not choose Kaine because he opposes a woman's most fundamental human right to decide her own destiny by making her own childbearing decisions.

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It's the Women, Stupid

Lisa Witter | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Lisa Witter

It's the women, stupid: Did mismanagement lose Senator Clinton's bid for the White House? Or was it Mark Penn's bad strategy to woo women? It's clear...

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