Word: presidental
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The Project, according to the foundation's literature, is "dedicated to creating a climate in American politics that will allow a qualified woman to successfully run for the presidency within the next decade." You may have seen their high-profile ad campaign in numerous national magazines, a mock ballot printed...
The idea that activists can work across party lines to promote the position of women in politics is at the same time both noble and flawed. Cooperation in the pursuit of a common goal is wonderful and rare, but when that common goal involves political office, I find it difficult...
Should the ultimate goal be a woman, any woman, in the White House, or should it be a woman who, for example, is pro-choice, pro-universal health care, pro-gun control and pro-education? That is, should a woman be elected solely for her gender, regardless of her policies...
The Ms. Foundation is itself traditionally liberal in its views (Gloria Steinem is one of the founding organizers), and I wonder how the members of that group would feel if their White House Project helped contribute to the election of a conservative woman president. Wilson bristled a little at my...
But I wasn't trying to be critical; I am genuinely concerned about how liberal activists on the White House Project (and conservative activists, for that matter) can be indifferent that that their work might bring a woman of any political stripe to the Oval Office. Wilson didn't answer...