The Political Voices of Women

Who Will Women Vote For? McCain or Obama? – by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog)

Both Obama and McCain are aggressively courting the votes of women. Who will get them? Will John McCain get Hillary supporters to vote for him in November? Maybe a few, but not many. So, who will women vote for? McCain or Obama?

Here is a clip of Lynn Sweet and Elanor Clift on MSNBC…

Morra Aarons of BlogHer, and Amanda Carpenter of Townhall, were on CNN this weekend. Here are some of their comments on the issue of women voters…



This is from Pam at Pam’s Coffee Conversation…

For forty years, I’ve witnessed political stars rise and fall, politicians switch parties (and seemingly values), idiotic sex scandals, wars, stolen elections and, the corporate takeover of Washington. I’ve seen the mainstream political media go from being “The Fourth Estate” to a propaganda tool for their corporate owners. And saddest of all, I’ve witnessed the American electorate, at times, resemble sheep being placidly led about by shepherds using the staffs of fear-mongering, race-baiting, gender bias, religious intolerance and swift-boating. So when the 2008 presidential primary campaign began I knew that it would take a lot more than eloquent speeches, campaign slogans, rock star crowds, celebrity endorsements or, the promise of gender or racial historical firsts to get me believe that this country could recapture the level of hope that it once felt — that I once felt.

Don’t get me wrong, as a lifelong Democrat, I was proud of all of the candidates who entered the Democratic primary. I was an early supporter of John Edwards but despite my various policy differences with the other candidates I could have voted for almost any of them. (Sorry, Mike Gravel would have been too much of a stretch). I was excited to see a woman, an African American and a Latino with a viable chance of becoming th 44th President of the United States but until yesterday I was still waiting to feel that the hope that has so long been deferred may finally become a dream fulfilled.

Now, I’m starting to feel it.

This is what PunditMom is saying about it…

I’m hoping that there won’t be many of the 18 million who became “cracks in the glass ceiling” who will stick to the idea of Hillary or bust, because the cost of another four years of a Republican in the White House is just too high, something we can’t as a nation afford to pay.

I am hoping that the women who say they won’t for Obama will sit with that decision for a while before they make up their minds. As someone pointed out to me today, “So, Obama is your third choice?”

Technically, yes. But my choice is to have Democrat at the helm in 2009, NOT a Republican. If we can accomplish that, I can live with my third choice.

Melissa at Melissa’s Miscellanea says…

For the record, I think this idea that there are swarms of bitter Hillary supporters so angry that they’d rather vote for McCain than Obama is a real non-story; something fanned by the McCain campaign in order to divide Democrats and keep negative press off of him. Still, though, there is a grain of truth to it (link via Lena), and for those voters, here is a reminder (as if it’s really necessary at this point) of why pulling the lever for McCain goes against everything progressives stand for:

Also See:

Why Would Clinton Supporters Vote For McCain?

From Chicago Moms Blog – Vote For Mom

Julie Pippert from MOMocrats has a great post on McCain

Women Lining Up Behind Obama

Why I’m Voting Republican (satirical video)