Ferraro? I had no problem goooogling it......
Posted on 10/19/2007 1:00:46 AM PDT by neverdem
When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960 and for years afterward, political analysts disagreed on whether his Roman Catholicism helped him more in northern industrial states than it hurt him in the rest of the country.
What his victory did was eliminate Catholicism as an issue, although neither party nominated a Catholic over the next generation.
A similar debate is taking place this year over Hillary Rodham Clinton and, if she becomes the first major party female nominee, whether her sex will help or hurt.
Her recent activities and comments make clear that she believes it will help. Her campaign this week called women "a critical voting bloc that will help propel Hillary to victory in November 2008."
Independent evidence indicates that her sex is a strong asset in seeking the Democratic nomination. And while it would be premature to say for sure that it will help in the general election, initial signs are that it will be a plus, something a prominent Texas Republican pollster says his party has failed to recognize.
"Republicans underestimate the very powerful symbolism and feel-good emotions that would accompany electing the first woman president," said Dr. David Hill of Houston, director of Hill Research Consultants. "It's a big deal."
In a recent column in The Hill, a Capitol Hill-based paper, Dr. Hill chided Republicans eager to face Mrs. Clinton who label her a political version of the late hotel executive Leona Helmsley, known as the "Queen of Mean."
"Before this is over, Hillary's candidacy will have..."
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Dr. Hill said the GOP needs to find ways to counter her candidacy. One way: Pick a woman as its vice presidential nominee. "That might be enough of a symbolic benefit for independents and ticket-splitters worried whether they can afford another Clinton presidency," he wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Women in the United States Senate
List of female state governors in the United States
Slim Pickens comes to mind in battleground states.
Hillary is a woman?
Voting against someone because she is a woman is childish, bigoted, and dangerous.
Voting for someone because she is a woman is childish, bigoted and dangerous.
Her being a woman has no bearing on her electability. Her being a communist, traitor, and all around rotten person does.
She will try it when she gets really desperate. I don’t think she can convincingly pull it off though.
Help her what?
You beat me to it!
I would have said "she'll never find out!"
Will Being a Woman Help Hillary?
the US should demand a dna test for gender and an intellegence test as well.....
both could be concluded by watson...the nobel prize winner that discovered the real background of dna!!!!
My thought exactly.
Seems to me the same old mantra was used when Geraldine Ferraro was running as vice president with Walter Mondale. They thought they would garner the woman votes. They were trounced, and we never heard another word about Ferraro.
I actually had to do a search for Ferraro, as I had trouble remembering her name. ; )
Lol! My very thought!
The most feminine thing about Hillary is her name.
I’d like to know if the name Hillary has become more or less popular in the past ten years.
Hillary is a woman?If she thought it would help her political ambitions, she'd try it.
Kay Bailey Hutchinson is finishing her third term in the Senate from Texas. She is very articulate and loved in the South. She has also said she will not seek re-election to the senate.
Will being a woman help Hillary? I dunno, she might try it.......
And 40% of the electorate will do that very thing.
Ferraro? I had no problem goooogling it......
Are you sure?.......
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