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Marti Barletta
The Women's Vote
The Women's Vote

Isn't it astonishing that, despite enormous awareness of the importance of "the women's vote," the media and certain candidates seem to be blissfully ignorant about the woman voter? Just when we thought we had gone beyond soccer moms, security moms and most recently single moms as overly simplified handles for the multi-million multi-minded women who will determine the outcome of this election, we see again that some of the key players in this campaign are having a hard time keeping up.

Some are struggling more than others, I would say. The very idea that appointing a woman running mate would cause any substantial portion of the 18 million women who backed Hillary to jump the fence on their beliefs and priorities simply to vote for someone of the female persuasion....! Well, happily, I'm not on the convention docket, because it simply leaves me speechless!

Having already tipped my hand as to who I might be favoring in November - ;>) - I can't resist sharing one more woman's take on this surprising development. Click here for Maureen Dowd's hilarious column on what she calls the Miss Congeniality candidate. I mean no disrespect to Governor Palin - but the situation itself is such a Hollywood scenario. And with a simple pair of spectacles, Sandra Bullock could slip right into the part with nary a change in hair or make-up.

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