“Mom, you’ve got to do this” – daughters encouraged candidate to run
By Kathy Groob, Publisher – While Linda Newell (D-Colorado) was scrambling to find a candidate for an open Colorado senate seat, she did not consider the job for herself. It was only after…
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First Woman Wins Iowa Republican Straw Poll
Huffington Post – AMES, Iowa — Michele Bachmann is Rick Perry’s main rival now in the battle to give Republicans a viable alternative to Mitt Romney. Tim Pawlenty’s campaign is on life support.…
Read MoreSen. Patty Murray is chosen as a leader of deficit panel
New York Times— Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, will be co-chairwoman of a powerful new Congressional committee that is supposed to recommend at least $1.5 trillion of additional deficit-reduction measures, the Senate…
Read MoreCongressional Democrats Looking for “Three of a Kind” Win With Kate Marshall in Nevada
By Kathy Groob, Publisher – With a victory in September, Kate Marshall (D-Reno) could become the third Democratic woman to win a special election this year by running on a pro-Medicare and…
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61-year-old woman begins epic swim from Cuba to Florida
HAVANA – American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad jumped into Cuban waters Sunday evening and set off in a bid to become the first person to swim across the Florida Straits without the…
Read MoreComing Monday, Aug. 15 – HBO Special Premiere About the Life of Gloria Steinem
HBO will premiere its documentary about the life of Gloria Steinem and the birth of the feminist movement in America on Monday, August 15, 2011 at 9 p.m. EST. Gloria is an…
Read MoreThe Shocking Truth for Thirty Percent of Divorced Women
By Jennifer Gauvain for The Huffington Post – It was the day she had dreamed about. Standing barefoot at sunset, “Joni” (a former client of mine whose name I have changed) stood…
Read MoreWith a heavy heart
It is with a heavy heart that I ask that our readers to pause and remember the 31 brave United States solidiers that were killed last night when their helicopter was shot…
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In FAA standoff, GOP played chicken with American jobs
Editor’s note: Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee, a nationally syndicated columnist and an adjunct professor at…
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