Why White Men Are Warming Up to Hillary

There are more woman diplos in Washington than ever

(NEWSER) - The number of women diplomats in Washington has jumped five-fold since the 1990s, thanks, in part, to Hillary Clinton. Washington-watchers and female diplomats say the rise of female politicians like Clinton has opened doors for a new cadre of women. "Hillary is so visible," Mozambique ambassador Amelia Matos Sumbana tells the Washington Post. "She makes it easier for presidents to pick a woman for Washington." More»

It's the agenda, stupid: Goodman

(NEWSER) - This election showed a female candidate won’t automatically draw women’s votes if most women disagree with her on the issues, Ellen Goodman writes in the Boston Globe: “It’s not the gender … but the agenda.” With women traditionally putting economic issues—and more governmental control—atop their list, the female vote has long been Democratic. Sarah Palin really didn't have a chance of upending that trend. More»

Candidate should do for gender what he did for race

(NEWSER) - It’s a shame that Hillary Clinton never gave a speech about gender to match Barack Obama’s speech about race, writes Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. So why not make that speech yourself, Barack? Kristof even has the talking points for you:

• Racism is deeper, but sexism may be wider. More Americans say they’d vote for a black man than a woman.
• Biases are stealthy. Americans don’t mean to discriminate based on gender; but the subconscious harbors stereotypes.

Lefty and righty both see a ceiling for Republican hopeful

(NEWSER) - The bruising Obama-Clinton battle is giving Republicans hope and Dems heartburn, but those feelings are misplaced, bloggers right and left agree: John McCain isn’t gaining on either potential fall opponents—and might indeed have hit his ceiling. At a moment that “ought to be peak time” for McCain, Ross Douthat writes in the Atlantic, he’s stuck at the same 45% nationally he had in December. More»

Support softens, lead among men falls

(NEWSER) - Barack Obama's popularity has slipped in the past month, especially among men and rich voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll. His favorability rating dropped 7 percentage points to 62% during the fallout over inflammatory remarks from his pastor, but the dropoff appears to have leveled off, the Times reports. He and Clinton are in a virtual dead heat, with 46% of Democrats supporting Obama and 43% Clinton. More»