Have you seen Newsweek's cover this week yet?
The magazine's recent poll indicates an 11 point shift among white women voters toward McCain. But will it last?
My online headling pick for today is this one from marketwatch.com.
According to Newsweek (and their poll), July showed John McCain leading among white women by 44 to 39 percent. Now, his lead is 53 to 37 percent. One in three white women says she is more likely to vote for McCain because he chose Palin as a running mate, the article says. (As an interesting side note, Newsweek's polls found no shift among men after Palin's announcement.)
The Newsweek cover story by Senior Editor Julia Baird highlights the fact that everything SEEMS to be changing. That Republican women, in the past, would never have voted for a mother of five, who they'd think would be better off at home caring for her pregnant teen daughter, her three growing children, and her special needs newborn. And, in much the same way, Democrats are defying what's always been. Many Democratic women are considering voting for Palin because she's a woman, even though it means voting for the right's stance on abortion.
Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is convinced Palin's dream run is temporary. Polls go down: "Ours did. People never vote for vice president. We drew huge crowds. The Secret Service told me that we had the largest crowds they'd seen since JFK ... Hillary saw the same thing, and Palin will too. It was exciting, and people wanted to be a part of the candidacy. But it doesn't necessarily translate into making a difference on Election Day and who becomes president." Ferraro believes that in some ways the symbolic power of watching a woman run for higher office can be victory enough. "Every time a woman runs," she says, "women win."
Will any of this make a difference to YOU...on election day?
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