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DES MOINES, Iowa — A pair of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's worst nightmares trudged past a giant blue "Hillary for President" sign outside the Iowa State Fair with palpable disgust. "Hillary can go to hell," said Alice Aszman, 66, a Democrat from Ottumwa. "I'll never vote for her. I don't think a woman should be president. I think a man should. They've got more authority." Her husband, Daniel, 50, also a Democrat, agreed: "I think women should stay home instead of being boss." That's not what Clinton wants to hear from voters like the Aszmans, who described themselves as "working...

There's just a quick blurb at the links (as usual, details about upcoming seasons of '24' are sparse to non-existent). Actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor in the 7th season of '24'.

Season 7 of 24 promises to be its tensest yet — at least on the set. Execs at the Fox hit have scrapped virtually their entire story line for the season, delaying the start of production by roughly three weeks. According to sources, the 11th-hour time-out was called after the network put the kibosh on a costly plan to shoot a number of episodes in Africa. Producers briefly toyed with the idea of finding a location in Los Angeles that could sub for the continent, but they ultimately decided to ditch the whole concept and start over from scratch. Although...

Aug 31 2:35 PM US/Eastern By MARC HUMBERT Associated Press Writer SENECA FALLS, N.Y. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, standing outside an abandoned knitting mill that will become the new home of the National Women's Hall of Fame, said Thursday she hopes America is ready for its first woman president. "It just depends on when and if that happens," the former first lady said. "Stay tuned." Clinton continued to duck questions about whether she will run for the White House in 2008, saying yet again she is completely focused on her re-election this year. But Clinton said that when it comes...

The idea of a woman president is not so abstract now that the 2008 election nears, Lynne Cheney, wife of vice president Dick Cheney said Wednesday. "If you're thinking of Condi Rice, I think she has good credentials," Cheney said. During an appearance sponsored by the Aspen Institute, Cheney talked mostly about education and history but did venture into current politics, including the possibility of women running for president. She did not mention New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, widely thought to be considering a presidential run in 2008. "(National security) is the driving issue," Cheney said. "The stereotype exists that...

ASPEN, Colo. -- The idea of a woman president is not so abstract now that the 2008 election nears, Lynne Cheney, wife of vice president Dick Cheney said Wednesday. "If you're thinking of Condi Rice, I think she has good credentials," Cheney said. During an appearance sponsored by the Aspen Institute, Cheney talked mostly about education and history but did venture into current politics, including the possibility of women running for president. She did not mention New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, widely thought to be considering a presidential run in 2008. "(National security) is the driving issue," Cheney said. "The...

PARIS, Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - Segolene Royal, the Socialist tipped to become France's first female president, on Tuesday called for former US president Bill Clinton to intervene to calm the escalating Middle East conflict. "France can play an intermediary, trustworthy role" but we also need "voices that carry international weight, that have moral authority", Royal told RTL radio. "I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton. We can find others, one per continent, who will be able to relaunch dialogue and give the feeling that we can talk to each other again," she said. "We need person-to-person talks...

Nancy Pelosi could beat Hillary to the punch as first woman President of the U.S. Here is a possible scenario: 1. Democrats gain control of U.S. House of Representatives in November 2006. Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker, third in line for the Presidency. 2. Democrat-controlled House of Representatives impeaches Bush. Bush leaves office. Cheney becomes President. 3. Democrats in Congress stall in approving Cheney's choice for VP. Pelosi is second in line. 4. Cheney is removed from office before his successor can be approved. Nancy Pelosi becomes President.

IT'S perhaps the least politically cor rect question imaginable: Can a woman win the presidency of the United States? While the offensive quality of the question will prevent it from being addressed head-on in the next couple of years, the canny Clintons surely understand that they need to deal with it if Hillary is to win the presidency in 2008.

LOS ANGELES, May 2 (UPI) -- ABC TV has put an abrupt term limit on its freshman drama, "Commander in Chief." The network Tuesday announced it was pulling the Geena Davis series for the rest of May sweeps and running the newsmagazine "Primetime" in its 10 p.m. Thursday slot for the final three weeks of the season, Zap2it.com reported. The series started as one of the most-watched in the fall and Davis won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of the first female U.S. president. However, two extended breaks and behind-the-scenes changes as well as a schedule move from Tuesday...

SO much for the first female president of the United States. She faces the sack not a year after winning power. Last year, America's ABC network unveiled its latest hot series -- Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis as the president the US deserved. It got rave reviews, of course, because which journalist wouldn't love such a leader? Many also salivated at what it meant for the female politicians of their choice. So Bob Kunst of hillarynow.com, a website promoting the candidacy of Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton, wife of president Bill, enthused to Vanity Fair: "Hillary must have friends at...

Sorry, but I wouldn't vote for a drag queen in the White House Helen Rumbelow THIS WEEK WE GOT to see how Americans think it would be to have a woman in the Oval Office. In the new TV drama Commander in Chief, which has just started in Britain, Madam President is more than 6ft tall, talks in a gravelly voice and has a mouth so inflatably large and laden with lipstick that voters would never have any trouble reading her lips. In short, Geena Davis does not play the first woman to lead the free world, but the first...

Washington, D.C., is buzzing about New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Some have called her the future president, others, like Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, say she is too angry to be a viable candidate for the Democrats. Perhaps the presidential talk surrounding Clinton indicates that the United States is ready to accept a woman president and ready to catch up with the rest of the world. Women are now heads of state in Germany, Liberia and Chile. Finland's president, Tarja Halonen, was just re-elected last week. But in the United States, shifting the balance of power between men and...

Pierre, SD (LifeNews.com) -- A South Dakota Indian tribe is throwing a monkey wrench into the state's plans to ban virtually all abortions in the state. Should the ban become law, one tribe says it will open up an abortion business on their tribal lands, which wouldn't be subjected to the abortion ban. Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Sioux tribe of South Dakota, says Sioux nation sovereignty means the new ban doesn't apply. As a result, she said she will lead an effort to build a Planned Parenthood abortion center at the Pine Ridge Reservation. “To me, it...

Preferably a Republican one, first lady says Laura Bush, wife of President Bush, said Tuesday the United States is ready to have a woman president -- preferably a Republican. She offered her opinion while touring an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts with Marta Sahagun de Fox, wife of Mexican President Vicente Fox, and Eliane Karp de Toledo, wife of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. The exhibit features archaeological finds from Mexico and Peru that show that, long before Europeans arrived, women served as warriors, governors, artists, poets and priestesses. "They really show what a heritage we...

More than two-thirds of Californians believe America is ready for a female president, but less than half want Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., to get the job, according to a new Field Poll. The poll results raise questions about Clinton's ability to win a general election nationwide if she runs for president in 2008. "California, the Bay Area especially, is an island. People don't think like we do. I would like to support her. But I don't think she can get elected," said Ellyn Weisel, 38, a stay-at-home mother from Marin County attending a pro-choice fundraiser in San Francisco on...

FNC doing a propaganda piece for hitlary?

Is the United States ready for a woman president? Yes, of course. The only superpower in the world is lagging behind many countries that have ended the male monopoly on political leadership. Chile recently elected Michelle Bachelet as its first woman president. She's a pediatrician and one-time political prisoner of former strongman Augusto Pinochet. In Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was inaugurated last month as that nation's first woman president. In Finland, Tarja Halonen won re-election in late January as president. Germany's new Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has already touched base with the leaders in Washington and Europe. Two prominent American women who...

Hillary Clinton: U.S. 'Impatient' for Woman Prez Americans are growing 'impatient" as they wait for a woman to be elected president, 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Saturday night. "People are saying,' Well, at least we're ready,'" Clinton told interviewer Jane Pauley, as the two held a public chat for charity in San Francisco. "There's a feeling that it's time," she added. Then, in quotes picked up the New York Sun, the former first lady said she detected "a certain impatience" to see a female president following the election of women to similar roles in other countries. Despite Mrs. Clinton's...

Last week there was a virtual coup in the realm of global women's leadership. Chile elected its first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Liberia swore in its first female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who, incidentally, is also the African continent's first female president. Meanwhile, here in the United States, Geena Davis, the United States' first female president on television, won a Golden Globe for her role as President McKenzie Allen on ABC's "Commander in Chief." Female heads of state are not a 21st-century invention. For years, we have seen some women -- Margaret Thatcher in England, Indira Gandhi in India, Benazir Bhutto...