NYT: Clinton Plans Major Appeal to Women

[Pirate Smile]

Clinton Plans Major Appeal to Women

By PATRICK HEALY
Published: March 6, 2007

WASHINGTON, March 5 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will begin an ambitious effort on Tuesday to enlist thousands of women to play roles in her presidential campaign, hoping to build on the enthusiasm her candidacy has stirred among female voters at early campaign events.

Mrs. Clinton will announce the drive, which will unfold through March to coincide with Women’s History Month, in a speech at the annual luncheon held by Emily’s List, a political group favoring Democratic female candidates who support abortion rights that has already endorsed her.

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“When a woman has an important question, like who’s a good doctor, they’re more likely to talk to another woman,” said Ann Lewis, a senior adviser to Mrs. Clinton. “If we can get a discussion going among women about the campaign, and Hillary as a candidate, it would be hugely important.”

Clinton advisers are also devising campaign roles for prominent female supporters who made breakthroughs in their own fields, including the tennis champion Billie Jean King; Geraldine Ferraro, the vice-presidential nominee in 1984; and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06voters.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Her advisors think 60 percent of voters in the 2008 Democratic primary will be women.

[illinoisprogressive]

1. I'm a woman and I have an Obama 08 sticker on my bumper.

I guess she figured she is loosing the african american vote after her antics yesterday.
I personally don't know of one woman who is voting for Hillary. Except my stupid sister. my other one is supporting Obama and all the other women I know hate Hillary and are supporting other candidates.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Same here!

IMO, Obama is The Genuine Article! When he speaks, I feel a sense of "true hope" for America's future. :thumbsup:

If he achieves the Democratic Nomination, I hope Obama asks Clark to be his running mate. :-)

[NDP]

2. Of course she does. After all, the justification for her candidacy was always going to be

that she was a Clinton and a woman.

[Clarkie1]

4. The Gender Gap.

Obama edges Clinton 28% to 26% among male voters while the former First Lady enjoys a 14-point advantage among women.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Political%20Tracking/Democratic%20Primaries/DemocraticPresidentialPrimary.htm

[Breeze54]

5. I'm a Mom and had a son stoplossed to Iraq...

:grr:

And I'm getting ready to purchase a

Although... I like this one better! ;)

( More colors!)

[BayCityProgressive]

6. Hillary is bad for women

she supports the doctrine of pre-emption against N Korea and iran, she supports the wars in iraq and Afghanistan. Pre-emption is pure imperialism. She supports wars that would take money away from social programs that benefit women and children. Doesn't sound very feminist to me.

[Breeze54]

7. You don't have to

sell me! ;)

“Part of my job is to listen.”
— Senator Hillary Clinton

Hillary just doesn't listen!

Hillary isn’t listening, and while her ears remained covered,
thousands of Americans and scores of thousands of Iraqis have died.

Hillary Clinton's Senate Record on the War in Iraq:
http://www.listenhillary.org/article.php?id=762

[frankenforpres]

11. arent you being a little hard on her

politicians have to win, she is a serious pol, probably the most professional i have ever seen. i have read about LBJ, but was not alive to see him.

my point is, she is far better than any R that will be nominated. im not saying choose the lesser of two evils, i just think we would be better served if we supported who we were for, and not attack other Dems.

[IndianaGreen]

12. Trying to save the Democrats from nominating another loser!

Hillary is very polarizing, and she will be a target to both the Left and the Right.

Barring a Gore candidacy, Edwards and Obama are uniters that can bring the country together, heal wounds, and turn this country around and away from dictatorship.

[frankenforpres]

13. dont misunderestimate hillary.

the repub field is weak, and if they pick a focus on the family jerk, any D will trounce them. rudy and mccain present some problems in the electoral college.

[IndianaGreen]

8. Women must be informed of Hillary's less than stellar record on issues we care about

Her pandering to a Right-to-Life organization a year ago, plus her war views, and her bellicose views to expand the war to Syria and Iran, as well as her "evolving" on LGBT rights, these are things that need to be brought to everyone's attention.

My LGBT friends and acquaintances are all excited about Hillary until I start poking holes in their irrational enthusiasm by pointing out that Phyllis Schlaffly is also a woman, but she is no friend of ours. Voting for a woman just because one wants a woman President is as irrational as voting for a candidate just because he/she is a Christian.

Hillary must denounce DOMA and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but she won't because to do would be to take issue with Big Dog's policies.

[Dr Fate]

9. I mostly agree- but I thought she did actually denounce dont ask dont tell...

I read it today and thought the same thing- that it is bizzare that she is going against Bill on that...

[IndianaGreen]

10. She's been in the Senate for 6 years, and she hadn't had time to introduce legislation

to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but she had plenty of time to vote for the Syria Accountability Act (giving Bush authority to take necessary steps...), and a similar resolution on Iran.

[Dr Fate]

14. No argument here on timing- but you said she "must denounce it"- and she did.

Be sure that I do not support Hillary for the nomination- I'm just correcting this before the DLC bandwagon comes in and hangs all over your semantics.

Anyway- you have a point- if she oppposes it, she should introduce legislation now- "denouncing" is not enough.

[loudsue]

15. I hope she follows her DLC advisers advice.

The DLCers are the republican run democrats, and have made ridiculous calls all along. Trying to play the "woman" card will go over about as well as if Obama was trying to play the "race" card (which he's too smart to do). It's not going to work. In fact, I'll bet it backfires big time. That's why I hope she follows this line, because I sure as hell don't want her in the White House.

There have been women throughout my political life that would have made great presidents:

Barbara Jordan of Texas
Patricia Schroeder of Colorado
Barbara Boxer of California <grin>

to name a few.

But Hillarity isn't one of them. She's a bad joke about politicians walking around on two legs...and she blows whichever way the money tells her to blow.

People are running around without jobs, the whole world is going nuts, people's lives are in pain, their sons and husbands, wives and daughters are dying in wars every day, and Hillary is SUPPORTING the wars that end those lives. What she's REALLY supporting is the military industrial complex that will give her a little money for her campaign.

Let her play that "woman" card. There sure as hell aren't any republican women that will vote for her, and there is a LARGE contingent of liberal women democrats that won't vote for her. Maybe she'll persuade some of the independent soccer moms, but that sure won't win an election.

But when you really get down to it, unless we clean up the vote counting machine problems and the right-wing media, we'll get whoever in the hell the bit money WANTS us to get.

:kick::kick::kick:
:kick::kick::kick::kick:

[Ninja Jordan]

16. interesting