Female president on Fox series "24"With Sarah Palin opting out of the 2012 contest and Hillary Clinton not running again, we may not see a truly viable female presidential candidate for years – maybe even decades.
To have a shot at winning the presidency, one must first win a major party’s nomination.
Since 1976, only “top tier” or “front-running” aspirants (those polling highest and/or raising the most money) have won a major party nomination contest ( Mayer and Busch, 2003, p. 66 …

With its gift for bringing stories to life and the reputation to attract our most talented artists, PBS has created an extraordinary new mini-series about the “the lives of female activists living in war-torn societies” that begins tonight, reports Marie Claire magazine.
With a focus on Bosnia, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Liberia, the documentary shows remarkable women affecting serious change in their respective countries with regard to injustice and abuse towards female civilians. The five-part PBS series, narrated by Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis, is a groundbreaking look …

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There is a quote that is sometimes misattributed to Winston Churchill: “If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25,you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain”.
As it turned out for me, when I was 25, my heart told me that I needed to start thinking. I grew up in a …

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I love Governor Sarah Palin. There, I said it. I know she is smart, dynamic, innovative, and that she is a great role model for women. I also know that she is not perfect, has had setbacks that are all too familiar for any women in her private and professional life. Lastly, I acknowledge that individuals from the left, right, middle, up, and downside HATE her for her just existing. …

Good thing Chris Christie did not run. He had four major problems: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. He’s too liberal for Iowa, too close to Wall Street for New Hampshire, too dismissive of Nevada, and too quiet about his religion for South Carolina. Unlikely to finish better than third in any of these races, his mediocre showings would have translated into little numerical support (even with these early states allocating convention delegates using proportional representation) and less media momentum.
Sarah Palin has none of these problems. She’s conservative (like …

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                                      PM David Cameron (center)The Daily Beast just published an extract of a Daily Mail/UK article offering ample evidence the women are still held in thinly veiled contempt by some of their male counterparts:
British Prime Minister David Cameron is in the doghouse. In a bid not to alienate female voters, Cameron on Sunday apologized for comments he made to two female Parliament members that have been criticized as sexist. In April, Angela Eagle, Parliament’s …

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* Bumped Up at 4 p.m. ET Saturday — The walk and rally are going on right now! Check the evening news and give us reports! *
UPDATE from the Villages blog 29 minutes ago: “SlutWalk NYC Preparing to Take Over Union Square“ (Go to Runnin’ Scared for more Voice news coverage.) Included is this great video:

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Original post: Below the fold, I discuss the history of Saturday’s event and its …

Cross-posted from A Time For Choosing and the RuBegonia blogs.
KABC’s Victory Sessions ~ Stephen Bannon, co-host Amy Siskind & guests talk about this week’s treatment of Sarah Palin in the blogosphere

Sarah Palin [as the Republican nominee] would be the GOP Establishment™ Unemployment Act
~ Amy Siskind

By Gary P. Jackson
Host Steve BannonThis is a great two hours worth radio with hosts Stephen K Bannon and Amy Siskind. Guests include NY Times columnist Anand Giridharadas, Human Events editor Tony Lee, Real Clear Politics reporter Scott Conroy, Rob Port from Say Anything blog and …

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So, the truth comes out about what it’s like to work as a woman in the White House. In Ron Suskind’s new upcoming book, Confidence Men, Women in Obama’s White House felt excluded and ignored:
A new book claims that the Obama White House is a boys’ club marred by rampant infighting that has hindered the administration’s economic policy and left top female advisers …

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This Sunday morning offered sun and thriving green in northern New Mexico, after a week of low clouds and unusually heavy rains. I took a cup of coffee and a stack of work out to the deck and then found myself just sitting there, bathed in such an astonishing wash of contentment that I decided to retrieve my journal and explore it on paper. Only as I wrote down the date did I remember. …