I can’t believe that they have squandered this opportunity either. It seems all they are interested in is trying to down Obama. If they focused as much on the people and women in general then they may be higher up in the votes and polls. Maybe they will get a clue and start doing that. It really isn’t too late like you said.

Cynthia, Covington, Ga.

Speaking of ATTACK DOG, it is not Senator Clinton who is attacking the most. It is the media against Senator Clinton.

I used to believe CNN people were honest and straight forward in reporting. How wrong I was. They have become similar to FOX News and that is Sad.

It’s ironic - early on in the campaign, the Washington Post ran a front-page spread on the “Women behind the woman”. This caused even the estimable David Gergen, not one of the ‘afraid girls are infiltrating the clubhouse’ pundits, to say it presented an ‘unfortunate’ appearance of a ‘female mafia’.

Now we’re complaining about the men. My conclusion? Clinton can’t catch a break - it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

I am not a Hillary supporter or a woman, but it seems to me that Clinton is trying to win! If she wins, that will do more for the advancement of women than anything else.

P.S.

If the women…(and men) of America choose to leave their logic and reason behind them at the polls…that’s their problem not the candidate!!

You can vote for reason, logic , reality….or “the HOPEinator”.

It was nice to see your post at lunch today. It is kind of sad to not see a woman have a real chance at becoming President. She seems to have many faces of herself none which are very becoming to me. Her secret weapon on the campaign trail could have been Chelsea. Miss Clinton has alot going for her with a great education and a great career going. I only wish we could have seen more of Chelsea on the campaign trail.

We all have to vote for who is going to do the best for our families based on our values. It is one that is so personal it helps fuel hope for the future.

Yesterday over peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and apple juice my witty and inspirational toddler daughter asked me a very pointed question, “Mommy what will you be when you get big?” I explained to her I was already big and my first role was to be her Mom, my second role was to be a good wife to Daddy and my third role was my current profession which I love.

She smiled and said ask me, ask me. “Okay what are you dear one going to do when you get bigger,” I asked. “Well,” she smiled and responsed, “first I am going to Broadway to dance and sing and be a Rockette. Then Mommy I am going to be the first lady President of the United States of America.” I smiled. I then asked her well what is the first thing you would do at the White House. She exclaimed, “I would boss all the boys around at the White House.” We both burst into laughter.

Every person in America should have dreams and opportunities. Does our government via the Constitution give us all opportunities? Yes it does. It is up to us to use our personal responsibilites, worth ethic and values to keep our dreams rolling on and on. It is the legacy of our families that give us reason to hope and inspire others.

I’m not supporting Hillary Clinton simply because she is a woman; I’m supporting her because I truly feel that she would be a good president. Yet, I am surprised and disappointed that she hasn’t reached out more to women voters. She seems to have turned women off and I’m not really sure why. Maybe women are feeling a lack of support; I just don’t know. Maybe she’s afraid to get too radical on women’s issues; she’s already taking such a beating from those who feel that a woman has no place running for president. I had a long talk with my sister on the phone a few nights ago; she’s not a Clinton supporter and really wanted to know why I am. I gave her my 10,000 reasons why and she just sighed. She told me that she really loved the ‘old’ Hillary and would vote for her in a heart beat. She said that the ‘old’ Hillary made her feel good about herself and the directions this country could go in. I think I finally convinced her that the ‘old’ Hillary is still around, but this conservation with my sister did make me stop and think. I am a Clinton supporter, but maybe I feel a little abandoned, too. I’ve been sighing a lot more since this conversation with my sister. I agree that it isn’t too late for Senator Clinton to turn things around with women. I just wish she’d do it fast. really fast.

The simple answer is she IS a policitian … doing what politicians do. Imagine my excitement that there is finally a viable female candidate for President (I’m not sure if Geraldine Ferraro counts or not) that may actually make a difference. Now imagine my disappointment as I come to figure out she is simply a man in woman’s clothing. And the Beltway would remain the same.

No matter how anyone tries to spin it, the only reason Hillary is where she is today is because of hanging on to Bill’s coattails. Her campaign is often referred to as “The Clintons”. She talks about the condition of the country when her husband was in office and his accomplishments. That is irrelevant if this campaign is supposed to be for her. Whatever happened to the “Rodham” in her name? Now she is “Mrs. Clinton” all the time. It has always seemed to me that her campaign is just Bill’s attempt at a third term

One of the reasons she turns women off is that she is not an independent woman who has acheived success on her own. Her “experience” consists of following Bill around.

I will admit she’s smart. Smart enough to know that if she had dumped Bill the first time he made her look like a fool, her chances of making a name for herself were toast.

I think there are many women out there who would love to support a woman candidate - just not this woman.

I am a full Hillary supporter and agree that the people that have run
her campaign have been her downfall. I don’t excuse her at all but I do believe the quote I recently saw that “she is much better than her campaign”.
I hope somehow people can find that out before it’s too late.

I happen to be a woman who feels there should be equality. I think we will have a woman president when we have a viabile candidate. But I’m not ready for a dual presidency–Hillary and Bill. They’ve had their chance, not let someone else run. We’ve had Bill and Hillary–that is enough of them.

Faye,
SHE has been living and working in a MAN”S world for 35 years. She points out that the glass ceiling is still high and we still have not reached it. Certainly she was/is wise to have the benefit of advice from those who have made it to the top. I would not say that she has squandered the opportunity to rally women. I believe that she has rallied women who have been in the trenches and seen what those who came before us wanted to acheive, but couldn’t - not yet.
I think many women have forgeten about the sacrifices of their female fore-mothers, or they continue to fall into the pitfalls of the old factors that obscure their judgement. For example: women who follow what their partner tells them… because they don’t have the confidence in themselves to stand apart and be seen.
I wil never understand why a person like Claire McCaskill would allow herself to be browbeaten by her adolecent and inexperienced daughter and forego this increadible opportunity and give her support to Barrak Obama. (Interview on HBO Real Time with Bill Maher).

Faye:
You make some great points! I would love to hear Hillary speak about her personal journey and the roadblocks and issues she had to address to get where she is today. Perhaps, her campaign feels that Hillary needs to “act like a man” in order to get the presidency. That strategy may have worked in the 80’s and early 90’s but it’s a different world out there today for women. I still believe she is paving the way for women in the future but she really hasn’t made that “connection” yet, at least for me anyways.

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

There is a hidden force which is affecting peoples defection to Obama. That force is generated by the fact that Hillary Clinton is a woman. Hidden in the subconsious mind of both men and women is the long existing belief that a man is stonger and superior to a woman. The subconsious mind is eating at the base of Hillary Clinton. When people see her standing next to Obama, he is tall and a man. This falsesity is what Clinton needs to defeat. She must bring this duality into the open and challenge the false superiority of men. She must speak out as a woman and flex her muscles against male domanancy. So must the women of the US fall behind Clinton and support her to dispell this belief.

I wish I thought that anyone was actually able to make all the changes that would make life better for women in America. I remember when Hillary was the lone voice in the wilderness calling for universal single-payer health care that would have improved the lot of millions of women and children all across this country, and the multibillion dollar smear campaign that was launched against her as a result. The media can take a lot of credit for her failure, both then and now, to get her message out.

The fact that she is still standing is a miracle. But my fear is that if she makes it all the way to the White House the media will continue selling toothpaste by focusing on her every twitch and finding some offensive adjective to apply, or worse, dismissing it as some “female behavior” that is grounds for questioning her mental stability.

I’m a white woman in my mid-20’s, and I’ve been a BIG Obama supporter from the very beginning - I contributed to his campaign and attended one rally. But now I’m not so sure any more. I don’t agree with your comments about Mrs. Clinton. I try to think of myself in her position, and I’m not so sure I would do things differently than what she has done, and I don’t have “governing powers” made up of men behind me. How do you know that these men made her do anything? At the debates they are not up there with her. I’m also looking at Senator McCain as a possble choice.

I realize I’m going against the grain here but I don’t trust her. It has always appeared to me that the only woman HRC is concerned about promoting is herself. And lets be honest, how would a woman president make the day to day lives of women any better? The glass ceiling in business isn’t going to go away just because a woman is president.