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Newsweek: 'The Time is Right'

Newsweek 'The Time is Right'

"Even if the 2008 race does not come down to a Hillary-Condi showdown, women undoubtedly have made enormous political strides since Geraldine Ferraro made it onto a White House ticket. One example: the perhaps-surprising number of female leaders�from the governor of Louisiana to the mayor of Galveston�who became familiar faces in television coverage of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf coast. That makes these gratifying times for Marie Wilson, 65. As president of The White House Project, a non-partisan organization helping advance women�s leadership, Wilson has been the inspiration for such initiatives as the �President Barbie� doll and Take Our Daughters to Work day. Now, she believes, the United States is at a tipping point�and that shows like �Commander in Chief� are reflections, not vanguards, of the current zeitgeist. "

Minnesota Woman's Press The results are in!
"Most of you (79 percent) think it�s somewhat likely that a woman will run for president (in real life) in 2008, and even more of you (83 percent) believe that a woman will be on the ticket as a vice presidential candidate.

Exactly half of you hope Sen. Hillary Clinton (over Donna Brazile, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, Winona LaDuke and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice) wins the White House, and half of you believe she�s the most electable woman on that list."

Eye on Unmarried America Unmarried households becoming the "new majority"
"The United States Census Bureau released data today which shows a continuing decline in married-couple households and a corresponding increase in the percent of households headed by unmarried adults. If the trend continues, within the next year or two unmarried adults will become the "new majority" in terms of America's living arrangements."

"Public officials and government agencies have begun to pay more attention to unmarried and single Americans in recent years."

The Christian Science Monitor How do voters feel about 'Commander'?
"The Monitor threw a political party to find out how some viewers responded to a show premised on the idea of a woman in the Oval office - especially since a certain New York senator is widely expected to run in the 2008 presidential race. After gathering four men and three women to watch the pilot episode, it was immediately evident that the vote was split along gender lines: The women gave the show the benefit of the doubt, the men did not."

"One consensus, however, did emerge. The group agreed that TV shows such as this one can influence public opinion."

The Village Voice Madam President, Madam President
""Hillary must have friends at ABC," says Bob Kunst, of hillarynow.com, a grassroots effort to "draft" Clinton to be the next president. "This is just too much of a coincidence."

Actually, Clinton does have friends on the show. Writer Steve Cohen used to work for her in the 1990s, serving as the then first lady's deputy communications director. "I have no doubt she is capable, qualified, and ready to be the president of the United States should she choose to run," he tells the Voice, in all candor."

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