The Political Voices of Women

We are continuing to Celebrate Women Political Bloggers.

All week we are celebrating women political bloggers. Yesterday, I posted on the first 100 women blogging politics, from our list of over 500. Today, I have the next 100.

One of my goals for this site, is that women will use each other’s sites, to link to in their own blogs, and promote each other.

You can help promote women political bloggers, by linking to them on your own blog. And, if you know someone not on the list, please send me their link, and I would be happy to add them.

Maybe you can even do a post on women political bloggers for your own site, and link to some of the women on this list.

So, here is the next 100 on our list…

1. DebsWeb
2. Deep Muck Big Rake
3. Defending The Environment
4. Delaware Way
5. Democracy For New Mexico — by Barbara W.
6. Detroit News Politics Blog
7. Diary of a Content Black Woman
8. Different Drummer
9. Dirt & Noice
10. Ditzy Dems, Part Deux
11. DogWoman
12. Cynthia Samuels — Don’t Gel Too Soon
13. Dragon Lady’s Den
14. Dragonfly Ranch Blog
15. duh pookie
16. E. A. Hanks at the Huffington Post
17. Echidne Of The Snakes
18. EconomistMom
19. Education and Class
20. Emily’s List
21. Engaged Intellectuals
22. Envision Art Studio — A blog about politics, religion, feminism, freedom, racial issues, the environment, peace, love, philosophy, mental health, and life from my female perspective.I won`t claim to always be right but I will hope to always make you think.
23. Erin Kotecki Vest — Political Contributing Editor for BlogHer — Also see her personal blog Queen of Spain
24. Essential Estrogen — written by Lynda Waddington and Paige T
25. Faboo Mama — Inside the mind of an opinionated mama
26. Fact-esque — I look at politics from a lefty perspective. I`m also interested in the political reporting of the NYT. I wander off-topic so often that I`m wondering if “off-topic” even applies anymore. But I`m always in the ballpark of progressive politics.
27. Feminism in 2008 Election and Beyond
28. Feminist Cupcake
29. Feminist Fire — I have given up trying to fit into any ‘feminist movement’ or anywhere else, for that matter. I am just me. The label which most suits me is ‘Radical Feminist’. I have no time at all for in-fighting within the movement – I believe we are all on the same side and should just get along and concentrate on getting the job done.
30. Feminist Law Professors
31. FeministBlogs.org
32. Feministe
33. Feministing — Young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures. Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze and influence.
34. FOOTNOTED
35. Frances L. Holland at The Truth About Kos
36. Frankly, My Dear…
37. Free Soil Party Blog — Discussing Feminist Revolution
38. Freedom Eden
39. Frog Princess
40. From My Brown Eyed View
41. From Scratch — A lot of chatter about food (plus a little about politics)
42. Frustrated Incorporated
43. Georgia Women Vote — A view of the Georgia political scene from the perspective of a Democratic women. We cover the local politics, events, legislation, opinion, and the occasional gossip!
44. Get The Facts & Get Involved
45. Girl With Pen
46. Glamocracy – Megan Carpentier
47. Gloria Feldt – HeartFeldt Politics Blog
48. Golden Apple Press
49. GOP Vixen — The blog of columnist Bridget Johnson
50. GOTV with contributing editor, Alice
51. Granny Geek
52. GRAPEVINE — Georgia Federation of Democratic Women
53. Great Satans Girlfriend - courtney is an awesome discovery and she NEVER minces words.
54. Green Consciousness
55. Grizzly Mama
56. Hagar’s Daughters
57. Health Populi — Jane is a frequent public speaker and writer on health policy, health economics, information and medical technology and scenario planning in health care.
58. Hear Speak No Evil
59. High Desert Reports
60. Hillary Is Our Choice – forum
61. Hillary’s Bloggers
62. HillRaiser 08
63. Hog House Blog
64. Hoyden About Town — We blog on life, laughs, science, progressive politics and foiling diabolical masterminds.
65. Hullabaloo
66. Iddybud Journal
67. I Hate Your Opinions — A cynical political blog with 2008 election coverage, book reviews of autobiographies of presidential candidates, and more
68. I Wish I Were In Paris
69. I’m Tired of Voting For Men
70. Illini Family Politics
71. Impudent Ways — tattooed tea enthusiast. like that’s original.
72. In Jennifer’s Head
73. In The Pink Texas — Humorous Texas and national political blog targets a readership of influential legislators, lobbyists and media. Has received over 700,000 hits since it launched last year.
74. In Women We Trust
75. Inches Away From Sanity
76. Independence Lost
77. Informed Voters 2008 — I’m a 30-year old wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend, veteran, citizen, patriot, wanna-be environmentalist and conscientious voter.
78. Irrational Woman
79. Is That All You’ve Got?
80. It’s Curtains For You - nanc is a breath of fresh air in a stale world.
81. It’s My Right To Be Left of the Center — The truth doesn’t care where you or I stand on an issue. I want to see through the bullshit of it all and find the Truth. It’s there somewhere.
82. Jac’s Notepad – an election 2008 diary
83. Jen’s Green Journal — My blog is 1/2 politics and 1/2 green living (which is becoming more and more political)
84. Jenn’s Journey As a Conservative - jenn is an awesome woman of conscience and conservative values stuck somewhere in n.j. and she’s always a fun read.
85. Jessica Mondillo’s Blog — I am a freshman at Boston University. I’m an 18 year old girl with very different views than many of the people around me. I enjoy intelligent conversations and seeing other people’s views.
86. Jo Jo Says…
87. Julie Pippert: Using My Words
88. Katharine Seelye — From the New York Times
89. Kathleen Reardon — Huffington Post
90. Kay at Covering Florida
91. Kentucky Women: Power, Passion and Politics
92. Kitten Politics
93. Kim Pearson — Contributing Editor BlogHer
94. Kirsten Anderson — Huffington Post
95. KristinaMarina
96. Kiss My Big Blue Butt
97. La Shawn Barber’s Corner
98. Last Left Turn Before Hooterville — A liberal political blog from the perspective of a rock chick mom who wants a better world for her 4 kids and is not going to sit around and wait for it.
99. LaurieWrites
100. Lawyer Mama — Geeky is the new cool.

Help celebrate women political bloggers. If you do a post on our list of over 500 women blogging about politics, leave me a link in comments…I’ll be mentioning these posts as friends of The Political Voices of Women in a future post.

Celebrating Women Political Bloggers!

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the 500+ women who are blogging about politics. Women are playing a powerful role in politics, and women bloggers are helping to lead the way. Our list of women blogging about politics, has just reached over 500!!!

To celebrate, I will be posting links to 100 women today, and then again each day, for the rest of the week.

One of my goals for this site, is that women will use each other’s sites, to link to in their own blogs, and promote each other.

So…If you have some time today, check out the first 100. Have you discovered some blogs you like? Let me know in comments, or in a post.

You can help promote women political bloggers. And, if you know someone not on the list, please send me their link, and I would be happy to add them.

Maybe you can even do a post on women political bloggers for your own site, and link to some of the women on this list.

Here are the first 100 from the list (in alphabetical order)…

1. A Brain Like Mine – Diary of a Feminist Housewife
2. A Lovely Promise — Human rights, war and peace, politics, and gardening.
3. A Mommy with an Attitude
4. A Series of Tubes — How are political groups using the internet to reach out to citizens? From YouTube debates to Facebook groups, this blog will tell you all about it.
5. Above Average Jane – PA Politics and GREAT interviews with pols and candidates
6. Nikki — According To Nikki
7. Adventures In Daily Living
8. Althouse
9. Always On Watch
10. Amanda Carpenter — From Townhall.com
11. American Princess — Party politics and the age of the Post and Prada
12. And Rightly So — I am not a politically correct person at all. I speak my mind and I could care less who I offend when doing so. I call a spade for a spade when needed. I also swear a whole lot – get ever it.
13. Anderson @ Large — I blog about politically black news and commentary, focusing on voter participation, voting rights, civil rights, religion and politics, and voting rights and technology.
14. Anna’s Clue Tank
15. Annie’s Inferno
16. Anonymous Is A Women — A blog about politics, religion, the economy, the culture wars – you know, all the fun stuff.
17. Antigone Magazine — A blog about women, politics, women in politics and the politics of being a woman.
18. Appetite for Equal Rights
19. Arianna Huffington — Huffington Post
20. Sandy Renshaw — Around Des Moines
21. Asheville on the Ground
22. Assorted Babble
23. Avedon Carol
24. Average Jane at Progress Ohio — Our mission is to provide quality online and off-line tools for use by individuals, groups and organizations to further their ideas and issues through communication and action.
25. A. M. Reynolds — Backyard Beacon — The Backyard Beacon is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan citizen-based watchblog that sheds light on underreported stories, particularly those in minority communities. The Beacon is a Newstex.com licensed Weblog distributed through the LexisNexis services.
26. BackyardConservative — Comments and Links from a conservative in the Chicago suburbs. This blog is a product of over 25 years of biting my tongue in polite society.
27. Bang the Drum – Rant and ramblings of a political junkie.
28. Barbara’s Blog
29. Barbara’s Tchatzkahs
30. Becky from Deep Muck Big Rake — So much muck, so little time.
31. Been There
32. Betsy’s Page
33. Big Girl Pants
34. Big Green Purse
35. Birth Pangs
36. Biscotti’s Blog
37. Black On Campus
38. Black Political Thought
39. Black Women, Blow The Trumpet!
40. Black Women Blogging
41. Black Women Vote!
42. Blatherings
43. Blog Fabulous
44. Blog For Democracy
45. Blog It Forward
46. Bloggg
47. Blogging Amerikkka
48. Blogging For Michigan
49. BlogHer — A community of Women Bloggers
50. BlogHer — Election 2008
51. Blogs By Women
52. Blonde Sagacity — The conservative that liberals hate to love.
53. BlondeSense
54. Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
55. Blue Bloggin — My liberal blog focuses on Texas and national politics, political corruption, the environment and what every else pops in my head.
56. Blue Gal
57. Blue Girl, Red State — I’m an over- educated, pissed-off redhead with a broadband connection and a credit card; fiercely dedicated to the Constitution; here to remind y’all that America is founded on four boxes: 1.)The Soapbox. 2.)The Ballot Box. 3.)The Jury Box. 4.)The Ammo Box. They should be used in that order. This is my soapbox.
58. Blue Linchpin
59. Blue Spot
60. Blue Star Chronicles
61. Bluedaze — You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result. – Mahatma Gandhi
62. BOHEMIAN Adventures
63. Bold Words — Exploring How Bold Words Can Give Life To Bold Ideas
64. Bottom Line Up Front — Amy
65. Bride of Acheron
66. Brilliant at Breakfast
67. Brown Sugar
68. Build Peace — Arizona-based blog by a woman peace activist, mother, writer, anthropologist, semiotician — most often political, but not always. Original scoops and reporting have included Raging Granny arrests and Howard Dean`s positive interactions with Arizona CODE
69. BWFO — Black Women For Obama
70. Care2 Election Blog
71. Catzmaw’s Commentary — I mostly write about issues like the Iraq War, legal issues like habeas corpus and Guantanamo, and the like. Lately I’ve been writing about radiation therapy.
72. Celtic Diva’s Blue Oasis
73. Center for New Words — The Center for New Words is dedicated to a simple mission: To use the power and creativity of words and ideas to strengthen the voice of progressive and marginalized women in society.
74. ChangeServant — Big ideas Random thoughts Irregular musings
75. Chicago Moms Blog — The Chicago Moms blog is a collaborative group of moms writing about their lives in Chicago, Ill.
76. Chicken Hawk Express — Robin
77. Choose or Lose
78. Citizen Against Lies
79. Chronicles of Dissent — Fighting back against the erosion of privacy and civil liberties in post-9/11 America.
80. Citizen Jane Politics
81. Code Neon Blue!
82. Coleen Rowley — Huffington Post
83. Completely Unnecessary
84. Confessions of a Closet Republican
85. Connie Talk
86. Conservatism With Heart
87. Conservative Ally
88. Conservative Belle
89. Conservative Amazons — Conservative Amazons is written by a group of college-age conservative women who say that liberal feminism doesn’t tell their side of the story.
90. Conservative Girls Are Hot
91. Conservative Politics Today
92. Cool Crys Chronicles
93. Cooper and Emily — BlogHer Acts
94. Cooper at Wonderland or Not
95. Cosmo and Me
96. Country Dawn
97. Cynthia’s Interests — My blog is eclectic. I talk about everything from politics, to religion, to education and heath. I`m honest, yet I`m not always politically correct. My views are strictly told from an African American woman`s perspective.
98. Dana Tuszke — Political Contributing Editor for BlogHer
99. DC Metro Moms — The politics of parenting.
100. Dear Kitty, Some Blog

Help celebrate women political bloggers. If you do a post on our list of over 500 women blogging about politics, leave me a link in comments…I’ll be mentioning these posts as friends of The Political Voices of Women in a future post.

Calling All Women Political Bloggers!

The Political Voices of Women started out as a list of 100 Women Political Bloggers. Today, the list has over 400. Well, 497 to be exact, and we are much more than just a list now. We have 10 contributing editors, a community of almost 70 women, and opportunities for all women bloggers to express their political opinions as guest bloggers.

We are just shy of 500 women political bloggers. It’s my hope to reach 500 by the end of this weekend. And, you can help. I’m hoping to celebrate by publishing the list (100 blogs at a time) each day next week. Help us reach the goal of 500.

Are you a woman who blogs about politics?

Are you on the list?

Do you know a woman blogger who should be on the list?

We just need three more women political bloggers to hit the 500 mark!

So…Check the list, and if someone is missing, please give me their link here in comments.

This is an excerpt from BlogHer Contributing Editor Suzanne Reisman’s post, on how women vote when it comes to reproductive rights.

Maybe people don’t prioritize reproductive rights as an issue in this election because they think neither candidate really opposes them. For example, Planned Parenthood produced a short (and entertaining) video about McCain’s track record on the issues vs. Bush’s, and most people were unaware that McCain is even more extreme than Bush in some instances. For example, he does not believe that insurance companies should be required to cover birth control. (And if you think that this won’t happen, the movement to ban the pill is well underway. Allowing insurance to deny prescription drug coverage to women for ideological purposes is only step one.)

When people learn what a candidate’s position on reproductive rights is, does that change their perception of the candidate? (If yes, I’m assuming this means that the reproductive rights issue is actually very important to voters, but they don’t realize it because they don’t think that the election will jeopardize them.) Arianna Huffington at The Huffington Post reports that:

Over half of all women in these states have no idea what McCain’s positions are on reproductive health. Forty-nine percent of women in battleground states who currently favor McCain are pro-choice. Twenty-three percent of them believe McCain agrees with them on choice.

Read Suzanne’s full post at BlogHer

I’m Voting Republican is a satirical look at the likely outcome of another four years of Republican government.

I would like to welcome Celtic Diva to The Political Voices of Women Community, and thank her for contributing this excellent guest post.

(If you would like to be a guest blogger on this site, please join our community)

This year, the Democratic National Committee decided to do something new for the National Convention. They decided to create a “State Blogger Pool” by credentialing one blog to sit with each state delegation on the Convention floor.

Several weeks ago, my blog “Celtic Diva’s Blue Oasis” was honored to be chosen as Alaska’s blog in Denver this August.

While all of us who were chosen were euphoric and dealing with the new-found attention, there was trouble brewing among some of the blogs who were not selected. Some of them were blogs who felt they better fit the criteria as a “state blog” and felt that their past criticism of their state or local Democratic Party effected the outcome. (Several had verifiable proof.)

However, there was another accusation that was much more controversial and mostly ignored in the blogosphere…until the mainstream media got the story. Several “blogs-of-color” claimed that all of the blogs in the State Blogger Pool were “white-male blogs“…suggesting that the DNC designed that on purpose. Two of the black bloggers claimed that since the State Blogs had special floor access the DNC did not want “black people on the floor.”

I was one of the state bloggers and not male so I took exception. The discussion became a back-and-forth with one of the black bloggers where I questioned how it was possible to know the ethnicity and gender and of all state bloggers due to “Internet anonymity.” I also commented that there were still a number of blogs to be selected in the General Blogger Pool. It was pointed out to me that the General Pool didn’t have the same floor access that the State Bloggers did. I commented that the blogs raising the issue were also mostly nationally focused. I explained that when I saw state focus was part of the criteria, it motivated me to change my focus more to state issues. I claimed that’s what was needed if they wanted to fit the state blogger criteria. The blogger interpreted that to mean I was saying that blacks were “lazy” and accused me of being racist.

I believe this debate is indicative of many discussions on race. It was interesting how many people were watching our conversation but no one else from the white community was jumping in, unless they were doing their own story on it. I participated in a less emotional discussion on another blog and it was very hard to get people to talk. Folks were also afraid of being labeled as a “racist.”

However, if we don’t take that risk there is no dialogue. Honest discussion means that we will slip-up or be misunderstood. We have to keep our cool and force ourselves to see the issue behind the other person’s view even if we are offended by how they make that argument. All participants in a debate on race have to resist the temptation to blame and work together towards true long-term solutions in order to succeed.

Everyone has a part here: The Democratic National Committee needs to more thoroughly think through a solution to inadequate participation by “bloggers of color.” The blogosphere needs to more actively work towards integration and help and encourage minority bloggers. Lawmakers need to aggressively push for greater access to the Internet regardless of economic status. I believe that correcting those areas is the only way to ensure the same thing does not happen at the next Democratic National Convention.

The issue struck home with me when I looked around at my esteemed fellow-bloggers at the Alaska Democratic Convention. While we saw much diversity among the delegates, we bloggers were three white men and a white woman.

I want to be part of the solution and I want to find more writers-of-color to be contributors to “Blue Oasis,”especially Alaska Native writers. Alaska’s diversity needs to be better represented in the blogosphere.

Get The BlogHer’s Guide To Political Bloggers — by Catherine Morgan

Hi everyone. I want to tell you about a great new tool by BlogHer that is specifically for women political bloggers. You can now have your blog added to their BlogHer’s Guide to Political Bloggers. This guide is a great opportunity for women bloggers to promote their political blogs and increase their readership.

You can search this tool by name, state, or political affiliation – and it is available in a widget that you can add to your sidebar. Here is more information…

We’re excited to announce our latest project, BlogHer’s Guide to Political Bloggers, brought to you by BlogHer’s politics team and our friends at Cerado. While we love the many blog-lists that abound of amazing political blogging by women, we got tired of trying to guess which state bloggers are from and/or which party they’re in or leaning toward. That’s why, as a non-partisan guide to women who blog, BlogHer has developed a widget that you can instantly categorize your blog in and find other bloggers. You can:

* Search by state
* Search by blogger’s first or last name
* Search by political party using our color key:

Blue = Democrat
Green = Green
Gray = Undecided
Khaki = Libertarian
Orange = Independent
Purple = Other/Multiparty
Red = Republican

This guide is incredibly easy to use –both to list your blog and then to post on your blog, too. We’ve pre-loaded it with a few bloggers we know, but hey — we don’t want to make a mistake about where you live and what you think! So rather than pour all 700-ish blogs from the BlogHer Politics blogroll into the mix, we think it’s better if you add your blog.

TO HAVE YOUR BLOG ADDED, FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DIRECTION LOCATED AT THE END OF LISA STONE’S POST HERE.

Political Voices of over 375 Women Bloggers — by Catherine Morgan

When I first published this list back in October, we had links to 100 women blogging about politics. Today, the count is at 375, and still growing. Are you a woman blogging about politics? Are you on the list? If not, please leave me your link in comments, so I can add your blog. And, if you would like to be a guest blogger on The Political Voices of Women with a guest post, please join our community.

I hope you’ll take some time and check out the women on the list…and if you blog about politics, consider adding some of these women to your blogroll, or linking to them in a post.

Now, in alphabetical order – links to 375 women blogging about politics…

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Go to Women’s Voices Making History and Vote For Your Favorite Woman Blogger…

During Women’s History Month, help make women’s voices heard.

WVWV is honoring those women that have utilized the internet to amplify their voices.

Nominate your favorite blogger by March 21, then check back to vote for your favorite among our top 10 women bloggers.

If you are reading this post, please take a minute to nominate one of the (over 300) Women Political Bloggers in our growing list. On March 21st, ten of the women bloggers who have received the most nominations, we be listed…and then the voting will begin.

You can use the link in my sidebar, or you can CLICK HERE TO VOTE.

Women Will Play A Key Role In 2008 Election — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog)

The presidential campaign has taken an interesting turn in the last few days. It’s finally become apparent to the media, the pundits, and the candidates, what has been obvious to women all along…Women hold the key to the White House, ignore them and you shall be locked out.

How important will the “women’s vote” be in the 2008 presidential election? The answer – It’s going to be more important than anyone can even begin to imagine. If that fact hadn’t been abundantly clear before now, it certainly should be after Iowa and New Hampshire. Obama won in Iowa with the majority of women voting for him there, and Clinton won in New Hampshire with the majority of women voting for her there. When all is said and done, the next President of the United States will be coronated not by the media, but by the women.

In 2004, 8.8 million more women voted than men, that number is going to be even greater in 2008.

So, do your homework candidates. This election is not about race, gender, or tears…It’s about the issues, especially the issues that are important to women voters. You will need a message that resonates with all women voters…all colors, ages, income levels, married, single, soccer moms, and single moms. Don’t feel bad men, women ultimately want what’s best for the country, so that includes you too. And NEWS FLASH…Just “pandering” to the women is not going to do the trick, we can actually see through that.

NOTE TO CANDIDATES: Now might be a good time to check in with Lisa Stone of BlogHer about the BlogHer’s Voter Manifesto. FYI…Women who blog not only vote, but they influence other voters. With that said, you may also want to check out The Political Voices of Women, where a list has been compiled of over 300 women blogging about politics and the election.  And, don’t forget to check out our very own Care2 Groups, with millions of members, many of whom happen to be women.

So, what are some of the women of the blogosphere saying about the events of the last few days? Here is a little sampling…

Morra Aarons of BlogHer – Why Thirtysomething Women need Hillary Clinton, and Why She Needs Us

As I wrote last week, the “You Go Girl” nature of many women’s political campaigns rings false to a generation more preoccupied with righting our sinking real estate investments than raising our consciousness. Feminism did a lot for women way back when, but it can’t clean up our current messes: quiet harassment, unexplained passing over for big jobs, Chris Matthews. We need to protect our hard-earned status and money, not clamor for more femaleness (check out this enlightening blog post from Eve Tahmincioglu on women in business and Hillary).

E.M. of American Princess

Clinton did win more than just the primary, though, last night. She socked away some of the most important Democratic demographics: women (particularly stay-at-home moms and young career women), old people and union workers. All three of these were, early on, in other camps. The women were with Obama, and the old people and union workers were with Edwards. All three of these, were (and are) also demographics that vote in huge numbers and often as a group. Stay at home moms and old people have time to go and vote on election day (heck, the old people wait all year), and union workers will get election day off, making them totally available to add to the Democratic numbers.

Tennessee Guerilla Women – Hilary’s Victory

Everyone’s searching for reasons for Hillary’s victory in New Hampshire. In my view, she is simply the best person for the job, but there can be no doubt that the misogyny oozing from media pundits like Chris Matthews got New Hampshire women good and mad and they showed it with their votes. Women put Hillary over the top – the gender gap was 13 points!

Sue from Nailing Jello to the Wall

By now you’ve heard the news of Hillary Clinton’s surprise win in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. But I think the real winner in this contest was the will of the American people. Yesterday afternoon, all the pundits and pollsters were predicting a major loss for Clinton. Assclown Blogger Matt Drudge even predicted Clinton was so far behind that she would drop out of the race completely in a story entitled TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS.

What we saw, ladies and gentlemen, was a catastrophic media failure.

Pacific Views

So what are the good things about the primary so far?

I love the fact that Obama is such a viable and exciting candidate and would certainly pull the lever for him if he’s the nominee. Our country is decidedly less racist than it was in the past (even though the Republicans can’t stop demagoguing the immigration issue).

I love the fact that Hillary has shown her passionate and authentic side and still she is seen as capable of being an incredibly competent president (despite being a woman).

I love the fact that Edwards is still driving his opponents to be more vocally progressive and clear on who is standing in the way of a better future for the American people. (It’s those pharmaceuticals, those oil companies and those other corporations who think the US is just a country to exploit while they rake in the big bucks.)

I love the fact that I still might have a voice in this primary in early February when my vote is cast.

And I love the fact that almost twice as many people pulled a lever for a Democrat in New Hampshire than a Republican.

Tina at The Right Pundits

Ok, ,the primary results are in and Hillary Clinton won it for the Democrats. I thought that Barack Obama would have won it. Like the media, the campaigns, and the pundits, I am stunned. All reputable polling firms (like Zogby, Rasmussen, Gallup, etc.) indicated that Hillary would lose. So what happened? I suspect some “voter fraud.” Of course, I can not prove it – but I’m sure you will hear more stories about this soon.

What Tami Said

From time to time, I am challenged by other black women for calling myself a feminist. Some of them believe that while all women suffer from sexism, white women who make up the feminist mainstream do not understand the extra burden of race faced by women of color. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s Jan. 8 Op-ed in The New York Times just made it even harder for me to defend myself. In it, she declares that sexism trumps racism and that true “radical” feminists are casting their votes for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries.

What Do I Know?

Anyway, my quick two pence on what happened:

Women got mad, almost as mad as Hillary in the debate. The press, and one candidate in particular, were ganging up in classic misogynistic style. Women rush to each others’ side when one of us is attacked. I don’t know; it’s like a jungle thing. We defend. We empathize. And we vote.

The polls weren’t wrong so much as they didn’t predict the undecideds. After seeing the media anoint a candidate, the large chunk of voters still on the fence jumped off on Hillary’s side. That’s New Hampshire. Live free or die, baby.

The media tried to coronate Hillary and Iowa rejected that. Then they tried to coronate Obama and NH rejected that.

Lauren from Pride of America

I don’t want someone running my country who can’t handle stress and pressure and has to complain about how she can’t exercise or eat right. Aren’t there more important things to talk about? Like the war? Or the economy?

Either she cracked, or more than likely, this latest ordeal was an attempt to appeal to the masses through sympathy.

PunditMom – 7.6 Million Women Voters Being Ignored

In 2004, George Bush beat out John Kerry for the White House by just over three million votes.

The 2008 race is bound to be a close one, as well. I know the candidates have been a little preoccupied with Iowa and New Hampshire, but with a margin of victory so slim, wouldn’t you think that the candidates would be interested in over seven and a half million women who will probably be voting?

The WIP

Women’s Voices. Women Vote has found that 91% of the unmarried women voters they surveyed reported that their frustration with public policy made them more likely to vote in 2008. They are paying attention and are interested in record numbers. Polling data reported on their website shows that 64% of unmarried women voters usually considered unlikely to vote (eligible and registered, but who missed at least one of the last two presidential elections) now say they are “absolutely certain” to vote in 2008. Women’s Voices. Women Vote also found 77% of unmarried women voters are expressing a high level of interest in this election.