Amy Siskind, a 42-year-old mother of two from Westchester, stood in a Washington, D.C., park on the last day in May, telling a few hundred cheering people that she would not, under any circumstances, vote for Barack Obama. Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin
Balanced well sourced news analysis on the issue of feminism in the Democratic primary. The article points out that Obama did not bring up sexist arguments but that he benefited from sexism in the media which has resulted in the anger from Clinton supporters. Two historic candidates ran and one had to loose. If Obama had lost supporters would have complained about racism. The article was written prior to Clinton's strong endorsement of Obama. Interesting to see if the rhetoric dies down about the new meaning of stay at home moms on Election Day. The similarities between Clinton and Obama on issues made it hard to find significant policy differences between them during the campaign.
