Guest blogged by Ernest A. Canning
Democrats clearly feel they’ve got a potent campaign year issue in fighting back against what they’ve described, justifiably, as the “Republican Party’s War on Women.” In a fundraising email from Sen. Barbara Boxer’s “PAC for a Change,” the California Democrat writes:
My work is my words, and it is rare for me to admit that I need help expressing the depth of my feelings. But given recent events surrounding the vicious attacks on women’s health in the Senate, in the House, and on the radio airwaves, I have turned to music to help me express why it is so crucial to elect more women who will stand up for our rights and for the respect we deserve.
The email includes a link to a music video meant to support her WinWithWomen2012.com campaign. The webpage for the campaign, described as “a Project of Barbara Boxer’s PAC for Change,” asks supporters to “Elect the most women Senate candidates in history,” and highlights 11 different female Democratic U.S. Senate candidates who are set to be on this year’s ballot.
The video, obviously, speaks for itself…
You go, Girl!
More women, liberal women, in the House and Senate would help but the real damage is being done in the states. There needs to be a concerted effort to get more liberals and liberal women into the state legislatures.
I agree LottaKatz, that’s why I’ve been supporting a local state rep candidate by helping her to collect signatures to get on the ballot, getting her back and forth to the state capital when necessary, and starting on fund raising for her. It seems like alot of folks that wanted change through one person at the top of the federal gov completely forget about their closest avenue to accountability through their state and local gov. You can bet your bottom dollar the republicans have not forgotten though.