March 31, 2008
Ladies, All The Ladies
For those keeping track of whom the Senate's 10 female Dems (Hillary Clinton makes 11) have endorsed, here's our count:
Clinton
Feinstein
Murray
Cantwell**
Mikulski
Lincoln
Stabenow
(**Cantwell appeared to vacillate last week, telling The Columbian that the Dem Party should ultimately come together for the candidate who has the most states and pledged delegates.)
Obama
McCaskill
Klobuchar
On Call Aside --
Boxer hasn't endorsed but appears to be leaning Obama. Landrieu, who faces a tough re-elect, has also stayed neutral.
On Call Aside 2 --
It's important to note that Obama tends to draw support from women in reddish/purplish states. McCaskill, of course, is one such supporter. Meanwhile, MN has gone Dem the last two presidential elections but by narrow margins, 3 percentage points in 2004, and 2 percentage points in 2000. So Klobuchar's announcement makes sense, too. Looking beyond the Senate, the theory also holds true with Govs. Napolitano, AZ, and Sebelius, KS, as prime examples.
As Maureen Dowd noted in yesterday's NYT: "It is always when Hillary is pushed back by the boys that women help hoist her up." But with Klobuchar's move for Obama, and Cantwell's recent waffling, has HRC run out of women in high places to shepherd her flock?
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 12:43 PM
Comments
I think you are mistaken about Boxer. She said she would vote for whoever won her State of California. Hillary won it.
William | 03.31.08 01:26 PM
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But, you know Senators lie.
flyover | 03.31.08 01:41 PM
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William is right about Boxer. It should be noted also that Klobuchar and McCaskill are among the female Dems elected in key states in a post 9/11 environment.
Dark Heart | 03.31.08 01:51 PM
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In an interview before Super Tuesday, Boxer said that as a superdelegate she would support whomever California voted for. Unless that's changed, that would put her with Clinton
Jacques | 03.31.08 02:06 PM
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I am so tired of this "the men are ganging up on me" crap the Clinton campaign tries to push. Could she please explain precisely what her gender has to do with anything? Sure, there are a few sexists who would not vote for a woman for president, but just as the Obama's race is likely a net positive despite a small minority of racists, so too is Clinton's sex. Historical sexism has caused there to be a greater number of men than women in a position to run for president today, an imbalance that imbalance will likely dissipate over time. This imbalance does not, however, put Hillary Clinton herself at a disadvantage today. Sexism and racism are defeated not when we elect a president for his or her sex or race, but when a president's sex and race are of no consequence whatsoever.
Ben | 03.31.08 02:50 PM
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Of course, Feinstein will support anyone who keeps the war going which will in turn put money into her pocket. Her husband is large % owner of Perini, and was "awarded" billions of dollars in Iraq construction money. Who was on the Appropriations Cmtee when Perini got the money?? You guessed it....the wife, Feinstein. Remember Dems....ONLY the GOP are thieves/war-profiteers.
-T
Tim | 03.31.08 05:26 PM
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