http://mayoralmusings.com/2009/08/30/contemplating-women-voters/ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:44:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mayoralmusings.com/2009/08/30/contemplating-women-voters/#comment-222 Low Turnout: Advantage Parker? | BlueRoots Campaigns Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:16:53 +0000 http://mayoralmusings.com/?p=347#comment-222 [...] endorsements give him an advantage considering it’s the #1 concern of City voters? Will women flock to Parker? What advantage does Brown gain being the first one up on TV and [...] [...] endorsements give him an advantage considering it’s the #1 concern of City voters? Will women flock to Parker? What advantage does Brown gain being the first one up on TV and [...]

]]> http://mayoralmusings.com/2009/08/30/contemplating-women-voters/#comment-185 Tangawizi Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:55:41 +0000 http://mayoralmusings.com/?p=347#comment-185 At the recent MBA Council candidate forum, the one time the audience broke into spontaneous applause in response to a candidate's answer was when Annise Parker affirmed that hiring more women is key to resolving problems of racism & sexism in the fire department. She spoke with conviction and, I dare say, with a fire that was missing from some of her other carefully controlled, deliberate, previously practiced answers. Women - and men - in that room were moved by her commitment to creating opportunities for women. Properly harnessed, that will turn into votes in November. At the recent MBA Council candidate forum, the one time the audience broke into spontaneous applause in response to a candidate’s answer was when Annise Parker affirmed that hiring more women is key to resolving problems of racism & sexism in the fire department. She spoke with conviction and, I dare say, with a fire that was missing from some of her other carefully controlled, deliberate, previously practiced answers. Women – and men – in that room were moved by her commitment to creating opportunities for women. Properly harnessed, that will turn into votes in November.

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