Posts by Kathy Groob
Name It. Change It. Project Releases Most Sexist Media Awards for 2012
Name It. Change It., a project of The Women’s Media Center and She Should Run, has released our annual awards for the Most Sexist Media Coverage of Women Candidates and Politicians in the 2012 Election and our 2012 Election Report. “With these awards, we hope the media will wake up and smell the sexism that…
Read MoreSenator Dianne Feinstein to lead on gun issue
Huffington Post– In the wake of Friday’s mass killing at an elementary school in Connecticut, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday that she plans to introduce an assault weapons ban bill on the first day of the new Congress. “I’m going to introduce in the Senate, and the same bill will be introduced in the…
Read MoreMadeleine Albright: Susan Rice situation ‘outrageous’ – POLITICO.com
Madeleine Albright: Susan Rice situation ‘outrageous’ – Kevin Robillard – POLITICO.com.
Read MoreAnother Strong Woman Take-Down
NBC NEWS – Embattled U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state after months of criticism over her Benghazi comments, she told NBC News on Thursday. “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to…
Read MoreCongresswoman Terri Sewell Receives Top Committee Appointment
Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell Named to House Financial Services Committee for the 113th Congress Washington, DC- Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell was named to the powerful House Committee on Financial Services for the 113th Congress by House Democratic Leadership and her colleagues. The House Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over the financial services and housing sectors,…
Read MoreHillary Clinton: ‘I Really Don’t Believe’ I’ll Run For President Again
Hillary Clinton: ‘I Really Don’t Believe’ I’ll Run For President Again. Watch Hillary Clinton tonight on Barbara Walters.
Read MoreCongratulations to Women Candidates
By Paula Xanthopoulou – Sincerest congratulations to those women who won their hard-fought races! Each and every one had to run under circumstances not faced by their male counterparts… Lots has been written about the 2012 General Election results for women. Some reports have referred to the “record number” of women who will be in the…
Read MoreWhat Hillary wants
What Hillary wants. Never has so much been written (and spoken) about a politician so unknowable. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a lengthy piece about soon-to-be-former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and whether she might run for president. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is regarded as a likely 2016 candidate in his own right,…
Read MoreTwenty and Counting
By GAIL COLLINS, New York Times You may have heard that there are going to be 20 women in the Senate next year. I’ve been trying to figure out what that means. Well, it means one-fifth. Whoop-di-do. Still, up to now there have only been 39 women senators in all of American history. In 2001, the…
Read MoreNewt Gingrich: If Hillary Clinton Runs In 2016, Republicans ‘Incapable Of Competing’
Newt Gingrich: If Hillary Clinton Runs In 2016, Republicans ‘Incapable Of Competing’ (VIDEO).
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