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To counter Palin, Obama to dispatch female surrogates ST. PAUL: Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Governor Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain, dispatching Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida on Monday and creating a rapid-response team to deploy female surrogates to battleground states, Obama advisers said on Thursday. Clinton's campaign event in Florida, her first for Obama since the Democratic convention last month, will include a forceful response to the searing attacks and fresh burst of energy that Palin injected into the race with her convention speech on Wednesday night, Obama aides said....

Huckabee’s opinion on gay marriage is out there, but we should also be publicizing Huckabee’s opinions on heterosexual marriage. Specifically, what he believes about a women’s role in a marriage. In August of 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA Today Ad which declared: “I affirm the statement on the family issued by the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention.” What was in the family statement from the SBC? “A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ.” Read on… The...

Four top ranking female Republican presidential campaign operatives brushed aside the notion of the “women’s vote” in a panel to promote “their man” Tuesday afternoon. In her introduction of campaign spokeswomen for Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson, moderator and Washington editor of National Review Kate O’Beirne chortled at Democratic pollster Mark Penn’s assertion that Hillary Clinton would draw the female vote because of “emotional appeal” based on gender. “There’s no such thing as the monolithic women’s vote,” O’Beirne said. Rather, these women seemed confident that men and women alike would vote for a Republican candidate because...

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In a way, it’s amusing to observe the mainstream media try so hard to influence women not to vote for Republicans. As FSM’s President Carol Taber observes, if only they had the correct research to prove their points, they might have a point. Without it, they have nothing – only fear mongering. But Security Moms are smart – and they know better.

Today I saw several signs urging me to vote for Garland Hogshed. Now, I don’t know Mr. Garland from Adam’s cat. Not whether he is a Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative, incumbent or challenger. I only know he’s running for Commissioner in Clay County, North Carolina. But he has a sturdy Southern name which belongs on a local official hereabouts. That brings us to the subjects of this column, local officials and early primaries. Unlike most states, North Carolina has a very early primary, May 2nd. Why is this? Many times I’ve read the bromide that “America has two major parties,...

During the 2004 presidential campaign, extensive media coverage was focused on all the usual suspects, like women, minority voters and evangelical Christians. But in their typical emphasis of demographic variables like gender, geography, socio-economics and race, the media largely ignored, again, the key issue of age in the electorate. In doing so, they missed out on a major story: history will show that one generation of voters - Generation Jones - provided the decisive vote that re-elected George W. Bush on Nov. 2, 2004. Not that age is ignored completely in politics; every election cycle sees coverage of the well-known...

A FUNNY thing happened on the way to this presidential election. Demo crats became flummoxed by a question that has kept ordinary men up at night for millennia: What do women want? Women. For decades, the Dems could take us for granted. But now, "we're seeing something new. "Lots and lots of women, especially women with children, are crossing over and voting Republican," said Lisa Schiffren, who is that rare breed: an Upper West Side Republican. Call them "security moms" — though Democrats try to deny this breed exists.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said Friday that while President Bush doesn't understand the struggles of American women to make ends meet and fill their demanding roles, he does, and he'll ease their burdens as president. Kerry made the sweeping appeal to women before an audience of about 1,000 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, seeking to improve his standing among women voters who, in polling to date, have been supporting Bush in numbers that bode well for the Republicans and worry Democrats. Kerry said women still are paid 76 cents for every dollar men are paid, and promised that,...

What accounts for President George W. Bush's recent and durable rise in the polls? Some argue the president is doing exceptionally well among female voters. Still others notice he's doing better among blacks than he did in 2000. Of course, the simplest answer is that the war on terror -- whether or not one includes the Iraq War in that family of issues -- is the dominant theme of the campaign, and in no physical model of the universe is that a formula for victory for a career peacenik like John Kerry. Regardless of your school of thought, the trend...

Some like Kristen Denger walked away from last night's presidential debate reassured that John Kerry wouldn't be soft on terrorism. For others like Fatemeh Eftekhari, a staunch supporter of President Bush, and Kerry backer Karina Wolf, the 90-minute debate didn't change their minds. And while showdown was interesting for Emily McDowell and Betty Anderson, they were going to wait to hear more before making up their minds The Seattle-area women's views are crucial in the weeks before the election. According to a New York Times poll, Kerry is losing support among women, a traditional Democratic stronghold, largely because of concerns...

Since the inception of the radical feminist movement over thirty years ago it would appear women no longer need or admire strong independent men. The fixation with "girl power" the NOW Gang and Steinman doctrine really helped the female bird fly over the cuckoo's nest. The radical doctrinal beliefs of these old embittered men hating battalions are gradually being adjusted. Strong independent women are finding the balance of being who they are and at the same time appreciating the strong independent qualities in their men.

September 28, 2004 GirlVote A new condescension greets women voters Cathy Young No election campaign is ever complete without talk about the gender gap, women voters, and the candidates' attempts to compete for their affections. This year, the women's vote is especially important since the election is likely to be a close one. And at least for now, women are confounding political experts by deserting the Democrats: In some recent polls, they are actually leaning in Bush's favor. So both sides are fervently wooing women—in the process, often treating them with a condescension that, in a better world, would...

According to Time magazine's latest poll, the president has retained the "seismic voter shift" he earned during the Republican convention. He continues to lead John Kerry by eleven points among likely voters. Kerry's support has eroded in every group, and "most notably among women," as Time points out. "In early August, females gave Kerry a sizable lead over Bush: 50 to 36 percent. Now, women favor Bush over Kerry by 45 to 44 percent. Even in Florida, Kerry's 22 percent lead among women has been halved in the last few weeks. In the last presidential election, Gore won women's votes...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 1, 2002 Bush Campaign Unveils "Women for Jeb" Coalition Women from all walks of life have joined the "Women for Jeb" coalition in another example of the growing support for Governor Jeb Bush and Lt. Governor Frank Brogan. Announced at a rally with First Lady Laura Bush, the coalition includes Democrat, Republican and Independent women from all across Florida. "I am grateful to have the support of Florida's mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. The demands on women today are enormous. From work to family to community, women are doing more then ever before," said Governor Bush....