Towards electing women for the achievement of Equal Representation -- in a country where women hold a measly 23.7% of all seats in the U.S. Congress, well below the 30 percent benchmark set by the U.N. and chronically about 90th in the world for electing women (if you count the ties)...We are going to call it like it is and let the chips fall where they may!
for the ultimate OPEN SEAT, a siena poll finds that 62% of the voters -- predictably 64% men vs. 60% women -- are ready for a woman president. 53% said it would be senator clinton and 43% gave the nod to secretary of state condoleezza rice, while 60% expected a woman on the 2008 democrat ticket vs. 18% looking for a gop woman nominee. for this and other OPEN SEAT info, see www.withoutboundaries.com
posted by PAULAX5050 @ 7:16 AM
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the congressional seat being vacated by jim davis (d-11), is in the tampa area where kathy castor is a sitting hillsborough county commissioner (where once her mom and 2004 us senate candidate betty castor was first woman elected). k.castor becomes potential front-runner for this OPEN seat while a number of men are also lining up. will the florida democratic party stand up and talk about need to recruit, support and elect a woman to this OPEN SEAT???
posted by PAULAX5050 @ 3:41 PM
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rumors getting louder about 80-year-old henry hyde stepping down this spring to fill empty seat as ambassador to the vatican, which would signal a special congressional election -- don't you luv it? 2004 challenger christine cegelis (d) (who had 44% first time out!) is already raising $$$ for another shot for what would now be an OPEN SEAT. republican wannabees, including state senator carol pankau (r), are lining up...dccc chair rahm recently unveiled a new top staff line-up. hopefully accessible, collegial political acumen will replace arrogant, beltway-centric ineptitude right down the line...
posted by PAULAX5050 @ 12:35 PM
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Paula Xanthopoulou served for 9 years on the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women, 2 terms as president of the National Women's Political Caucus of Florida (01-05), and on NWPC’s National Board - also working on several high-profile campaigns, and was a guest speaker for the Bolivian Women's Political Caucus in La Paz. In '07, her essay “Equal Representation: Common Denominator, Common Cause” was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in Women Moving Forward (St. Thomas Univ.). Her eye-opening eBook "SMOKE & MIRRORS: The Truth About the Political Status of U.S.Women" was recently published on smashwords.com. Paula publishes/maintains equalrepresentation.org as a hub for strategies like “Every OPEN SEAT a Woman’s Seat” and related issues/information.
