Where the Girls Are
Gail Collins, NYT
MAY 9, 2014
This election season is going to be all about women.
O.K., not entirely. Men will be involved on many significant levels, like running the network of oligarchs who take advantage of our weakened campaign finance laws to manipulate the American democratic process in pursuit of their own selfish ends. That’s definitely a guy thing.
All right, I’ll settle down. Men occupy most of the seats in Congress and that’s not going to change in November. However, women are starring in a lot of exciting election stories this year.
Consider the U.S. Senate. The Republicans need to win six seats to take control. There are about a dozen races that seem to be up in the air and most of them feature female candidates from one party or the other. “Sometimes I feel like the weight of the Senate is resting on my shoulders,” said Stephanie Schriock, the president of Emily’s List, which raises money for pro-choice Democratic women. Emily’s List candidates like the hard-pressed Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina, are doing very well in fund-raising this year. Although the oligarchs can come thumping down at any moment.
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MAY 9, 2014
This election season is going to be all about women.
O.K., not entirely. Men will be involved on many significant levels, like running the network of oligarchs who take advantage of our weakened campaign finance laws to manipulate the American democratic process in pursuit of their own selfish ends. That’s definitely a guy thing.
All right, I’ll settle down. Men occupy most of the seats in Congress and that’s not going to change in November. However, women are starring in a lot of exciting election stories this year.
Consider the U.S. Senate. The Republicans need to win six seats to take control. There are about a dozen races that seem to be up in the air and most of them feature female candidates from one party or the other. “Sometimes I feel like the weight of the Senate is resting on my shoulders,” said Stephanie Schriock, the president of Emily’s List, which raises money for pro-choice Democratic women. Emily’s List candidates like the hard-pressed Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina, are doing very well in fund-raising this year. Although the oligarchs can come thumping down at any moment.
(More here)
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