Female candidates

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The Incredible Shrinking Women
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Presently, 51% of the population is female, yet only 17% of Congress is female. If the old white men – the majority of the Tea Party – want “their country” back, look no further than the Halls of Congress: It’s 87% white and 83% male. If Congress got together and misspelled some Nazi-laden Mao-heavy picket signs, it would look exactly like every other conservative rally since Obama took office. You know, those folks claiming not to have a voice in government.
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... USA Today reports the number of women serving in the U.S. Congress could go down for the first time in 30 years. Women have been more likely to vote Democratic, even though feminist author Gloria Feldt (No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power) states that “Democrats have been remiss in recruiting women for office.” Still, a majority of female Representatives in Congress have a “D” next to their names. And it’s going to be a bad year for Democrats. ...
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Here’s the thing about women candidates: they are more interesting to the press than their male counterparts. The media just likes them more. There’s an obsession with female candidates’ gaffes. The idea that someone denounces the Supreme Court as “activists judges” yet is unable to name one decision with which they disagree – like Christine O’Donnell and Sarah Palin before her – is noteworthy. ...
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Yes, female candidates may get all the ink – but male candidates get all the votes.

And now with Mama Grizzlies roaming about – women voters know that these female candidates sucking up all the oxygen don’t even support traditional women’s issues like reproductive freedoms, child welfare laws and social security. So – ironically – if you’re for women’s issues, you just might have to be against women candidates. Which is getting one step up and a hundred years back.

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