Topic subject Elizabeth Edwards asks voters to look past 'glass ceil

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3733963, Elizabeth Edwards asks voters to look past 'glass ceiling'
Posted by babylonsister on Sun Nov-18-07 10:24 AM

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/11/18/elizabeth-edwards-asks-voters-to-look-past-glass-ceiling /

Elizabeth Edwards asks voters to look past 'glass ceiling'


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

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The Edwards camp has strengthened its women voter outreach in the Granite state. Last weekend, Edwards' daughter, Cate, campaigned with former President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, Kate Michelman, to launch New Hampshire Women for Edwards. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Michelman noted that the women's vote was still up for grabs.

"Women are not a monolithic vote," Michelman told CNN at a Feminist health clinic in Greenland. "Nor are all women going to vote just because we have a woman. We've worked very hard as a women's movement for many decades to get to the point where women are looked at wholly, not just as females, not through the lens of our gender."

Speaking on behalf her husband Saturday, Elizabeth highlighted what the campaign has described as key "populist" themes: fighting against the influence of money in politics and serving as an advocate for the disenfranchised.

"Once we take the money of the powerful, how good an advocate are we for those people who depend on us to be their champion," Elizabeth questioned referencing the infiltration of lobbyist money in politics.

Said Elizabeth, "Right now we also have a really important ceiling to break and that is the influence in our lives of money," in regards to the influence of lobbyist money in politics. "Right now the ceiling on top of us is not glass, it's made of money. And we need to break it."