Posts by Kathy Groob
Elizabeth Colbert Busch Endorsed By Charleston Post And Courier
Huffington Post – Two days before South Carolina voters head to the polls, Elizabeth Colbert Busch can add the biggest newspaper in the state’s 1st District to her list of supporters. The Charleston (S.C.) Post And Courier endorsed Colbert Busch on Sunday, lauding her as “A new leader for the Lowcountry.” Her “resolve to reach…
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords Honored With John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award
By Aaron Pressman BOSTON, May 5 (Reuters) – Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, asking the U.S. Congress to act more courageously on the issue of gun control. “We all have courage inside,” Giffords, who herself survived being shot in 2011, said at the Kennedy Library…
Read MoreClinton vs. Biden?
By JAKE SHERMAN, POLITICO – Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Joe Biden will not defer to Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions in 2016. “I think he would run,” Richardson said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “Hillary Clinton would be formidable, no question about it. But I’ve known Biden over the years. He is somebody who’s…
Read MoreMUST READ: Warren Buffet on the value of women
In an exclusive essay the Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, Fortune 500) chairman and CEO explains why women are key to America’s prosperity. In the flood of words written recently about women and work, one related and hugely significant point seems to me to have been neglected. It has to do with America’s future, about which —…
Read MoreBill and Hillary Clinton help dedicate renamed airport
Friday, May 3, 2013- Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton were on hand Friday for the formal dedication of the Little Rock airport renamed last year in their honor. Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport is the only such facility in the country named after a president and a first lady. A ceremony, which features the…
Read MoreEMILY’s List President Considering Senate Campaign in Montana #MTSEN
By Abby Livingston, Roll Call – EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock has confirmed she is considering a bid for Montana’s newly open Senate seat in 2014. Since Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced his retirement plans last week, Schriock has mostly kept quiet about the race — until she spoke with reporters at a Thursday event…
Read MoreNancy Pelosi: I ‘pray’ Hillary Clinton will run
By KEVIN CIRILLI, POLITICO – Nancy Pelosi is reaching out to a higher power to get Hillary Clinton to run in 2016. “I pray that Hillary Clinton decides to run for president of the United States,” Pelosi (D-Calif.), the House Minority leader, said during a public appearance in Little Rock, Ark., according to The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.…
Read MoreHanabusa Makes Senate Bid Official #HISEN
Roll Call – Hawaii Rep. Colleen Hanabusa made it official Thursday — she’s running for the Democratic nomination for Senate. The move comes as no surprise. CQ Roll Call reported last week that Hanabusa was expected to announce this week, and Hanabusa has openly discussed the race since being passed over for an appointment to…
Read MoreSen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Progress Report on Women in Politics; Watch the Video
In 2011, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand launched Off the Sidelines initiative to encourage and support more women to run for house and senate seats. Today, Senator Gillibrand released a video to push for more involvement and support for women in politics and women’s issues. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x67K0Zc4cM0
Read MoreWhy Both the Dems and the GOP Now Think Voters Prefer Female Candidates
By Molly Ball, The Atlantic- In the two-year cycle of the political calendar, it is candidate-recruitment season—the time when Washington operatives fan out across the country to size up the political horseflesh. In the months to come, they will meet with scores of state legislators, small-town mayors, community activists, and upstanding business owners, gauging which ones might…
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