During the 1970’s and 1980’s women were rarely elected to public office at the State or National levels of government in the United States of America.
Things have changed. Women have been elected at all levels of Government from the local level to Congress. Yet, a woman has not been elected to the offices of President or Vice President of the USA.
For the past two years, women have watched as Candidate Hillary Rodman Clinton vied with Candidate Barrack Hussein Obama to become the Democrat Party’s nominee for President of the USA. Hillary Clinton lost that campaign.
The pundits and Monday-night-quarter-backs will be attempting to assess the reasons for months, if not years, for Hillary Clinton’s defeat.
In the meantime, we are all focused on the question---”Will Governor Sarah Palin who is the Vice Presidential Nominee for the Republican Party “break through that proverbial glass-ceiling”.
Will VP Candidate Palin become the first woman Vice President of the United States of America?
That question can best be answered by posing more questions.
Why did Hillary Clinton lose the nomination for President?
- Did the Democrat Party’s Call To Convention create a bias that would favor Barrack Hussein Obama with the creation of Super Delegates ?
- Did Hillary Clinton fail to fully assess Barrack Obama's weaknesses and use them against him; thereby, bolstering her own candidacy?
- Did Hillary Clinton fail to remove her “lady-gloves early in the campaign”. In other words , was she too polite?
From my observations, the answer to all of these questions is a resounding yes. With the last question being the most important.
In the spring of 2008, it seems that Candidate Clinton finally understood that the rules were stacked against her and that she was under attack from all directions.
Finally, Candidate Clinton shed her lady-gloves as she campaigned in the beautiful mountains of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Alas, it was too little and too late.
In politics, what is here one day is gone the next day.
As Candidate Clinton exited from center-stage to return to her former job as a US Senator for New York, Alaskan Governor Sarah Heath Palin claimed center-stage as the Republican Nominee for Vice President.
Will Sarah Palin repeat the mistakes of Candidate Clinton? Will she assess and utilize her opponent’s weaknesses ----will she remember to remove those figurative lady-gloves to attack when necessary?
Will Sarah Palin break the figurative glass ceiling to become the first woman Vice President of America?
