red states rule
12-24-2007, 06:59 AM
Hillary has played the women card, but it is not playing in Iowa. Being the arrrogant liberal she is, she assumed women would vote for another women
It is not happening
In Iowa, women cool to Hillary
By Andrea Billups
December 24, 2007
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Not far from where the famed "Field of Dreams" lies under a white ice blanket, Iowa voters are wondering whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's hopes of winning here are as desolate as the hibernating movie-set ballpark-turned-tourist attraction.
Working women noticed the New York Democrat won the endorsement of the nearly all-female Des Moines Register editorial board last weekend, but are more tepid when considering her candidacy.
Linda Maker of the Dyersville Family Restaurant remains uncertain of whether to support Mrs. Clinton in the Jan. 3 caucus.
It"s not that women dislike the former first lady, it"s just that they aren"t sure. And while Miss Maker's feelings about Mrs. Clinton are lukewarm, she is quick to criticize former President Bill Clinton.
"Why would you waste your time to go see someone who is a big cheater?" she asked while vacuuming past the glass pie case and under two deer heads peering down from the wall above the cash register. "Why does she even want him to campaign for her, given the cheating he's done in his life?"
Miss Maker, 48, said she plans to vote even though she is not a political person. She also was confident current Iowa front-runner Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois will win the state, which holds the nation's first and most-watched nominating contest. She cited his rising profile and notes he has Oprah Winfrey at his side.
Her co-worker Mindy Gaul, 23, is likewise undecided on a candidate. Miss Gaul, who works part-time at the diner while going to school to earn an education degree, said it's time for a change.
"I'm all for a woman president," said Miss Gaul, a resident of Worthington. "You know what they say, behind every good president was a good woman, right?" She thinks Mrs. Clinton's experience is "positive" and said she does not blame her for her past personal woes. But she allows that the former first lady's past "has got to be a stigma."
for the complete article
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071224/NATION/862284494/1001
It is not happening
In Iowa, women cool to Hillary
By Andrea Billups
December 24, 2007
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Not far from where the famed "Field of Dreams" lies under a white ice blanket, Iowa voters are wondering whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's hopes of winning here are as desolate as the hibernating movie-set ballpark-turned-tourist attraction.
Working women noticed the New York Democrat won the endorsement of the nearly all-female Des Moines Register editorial board last weekend, but are more tepid when considering her candidacy.
Linda Maker of the Dyersville Family Restaurant remains uncertain of whether to support Mrs. Clinton in the Jan. 3 caucus.
It"s not that women dislike the former first lady, it"s just that they aren"t sure. And while Miss Maker's feelings about Mrs. Clinton are lukewarm, she is quick to criticize former President Bill Clinton.
"Why would you waste your time to go see someone who is a big cheater?" she asked while vacuuming past the glass pie case and under two deer heads peering down from the wall above the cash register. "Why does she even want him to campaign for her, given the cheating he's done in his life?"
Miss Maker, 48, said she plans to vote even though she is not a political person. She also was confident current Iowa front-runner Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois will win the state, which holds the nation's first and most-watched nominating contest. She cited his rising profile and notes he has Oprah Winfrey at his side.
Her co-worker Mindy Gaul, 23, is likewise undecided on a candidate. Miss Gaul, who works part-time at the diner while going to school to earn an education degree, said it's time for a change.
"I'm all for a woman president," said Miss Gaul, a resident of Worthington. "You know what they say, behind every good president was a good woman, right?" She thinks Mrs. Clinton's experience is "positive" and said she does not blame her for her past personal woes. But she allows that the former first lady's past "has got to be a stigma."
for the complete article
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071224/NATION/862284494/1001