"governor" Articles & Blogs:
Meg Whitman May Spend $50 Million of Own Money on Gov's Race
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The Former eBay CEO (and Fiscal Conservative) says she’ll spend big bucks to become California GovernorMeg Whitman | Today 10:10 amFormer eBay CEO Meg Whitman has officially thrown her hat into the ring for the Republican primary for California gove...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Under Fire for Stimulus Rejection
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Alaskans are increasingly angry at their governor for refusing key components of the government’s stimulus packagePost | Today 9:35 am
Sarah Palin received an earful from constituents this weekend when dozens of Alaska voters gathered to protest t...[Read on] |
GOP Women Take a Page from Palin's Facebook
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TAMPA, Fla. (WOMENSENEWS)--Since resigning as governor of Alaska in July, Sarah Palin has avoided the legacy (newspapers and network news) media. But she's managed to remain front-page news through Facebook, the social networking site she used to associat...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Invokes World’s Least Creative Excuse to Explain Tour Suspension
| Writing on Facebook, Governor Sarah Palin (R-the Internet), argued that “reports of tour demise are greatly exaggerated,” referring to a Real Clear Politics scoop that Palin’s One Nation cross-country publicity stunt has been summarily truncated. We...[Read on] |
What if Women Ran the Academy?
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A colleague from the Hollywood Reporter and I were speaking on a wide range of issues yesterday and he asked me to put this question forward to you all.
Would the Academy Awards be different if women were in charge?
Would we have more female directi...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin's Dubious Ethics
| Have a newsworthy cocktail hour with VF Daily’s current-events-inspired concoctions. Today’s cocktail was mixed up by East Hampton’s Georgica Restaurant and Lounge (108 Wainscott Stone Road, 631-537-5603) in honor of ex-governor Sara Pal...[Read on] |
2010: The Year of the Woman Governor?
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This post was submitted by Sophie Shulman, WCF Communcations Fellow
This November, women in American politics have the opportunity to break yet another glass ceiling. According to the Center for...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politic...[Read on] |
Does Being a Mother Make You a Better Politician?
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Does being a mother make you a better politician?
Mary Fallin (R), candidate for Governor in Oklahoma, thinks so. Her opponent, Jari Askins (D) is counting on voters to answer “not...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politics for the...[Read on] |
Top 10 Reasons for Sarah Palin Resignation
| The following was written prior to cocktail hour on the west coast....
1) She thought that MJ was the King of the GOP not the King of POP
2) Test results were about to be released to show that her grandchild TRIP is really the son of TRIP (Sr.)
3) She ...[Read on] |
Vermont's Gay Marriage Decision Reignites Right
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After Vermont lawmakers pass gay marriage, opponents vow to fight onGay Marriage | Today 9:10 am
Gay rights advocates celebrated across the nation yesterday, when the Vermont legislature overrode the Governor’s veto and legalized same-sex marriage...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Discusses Trig Decision: She Had to 'Walk the Walk'
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Sarah Palin got personal while discussing abortion yesterdaySarah Palin | Today 9:25 am
Sarah Palin ventured outside Alaska yesterday and headed to Indiana, where she addressed a crowd of nearly 3,000 pro-life activists.
In an especially candid mome...[Read on] |
Gubernatorial hopeful Susan Gaertner, a straight shooter, wants to save Minnesota
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Minnesota’s gubernatorial hopeful Susan Gaertner doesn’t mince words when talking about pot, damnation and gay marriageQ & A | Today 8:20 am
Editor’s Note: Currently the district attorney of Minnesota’s Ramsey County, Susan Gaertner is looki...[Read on] |
Palin, Clinton Comic Sell Out
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Bluewater Productions can hardly believe that their ‘Female Force’ series has done so wellPalin, Clinton Comics | Today 1:00 pm
Sarah Palin is hugely popular among comic-book readers.
Bluewater Productions, a graphic-novel company, yeste...[Read on] |
As Is Required by Law, Title of New Sarah Palin Biography Contains the Word “Rogue”
| • The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin is the name of forthcoming book by journalist Joe McGinniss, Wasilla’s most unwelcome (human) resident. [Politico] • Widely influential art historian, critic, and collector Leo Steinberg died at the ag...[Read on] |
Revenge of the Ghetto Hockey Mom
| I have been hearing so much from governor Sarah Palin ever since her visit to New York City a few days ago. I am sure that by now you’ve heard the jokes that talk shot host David Letterman made about her daughter. It wasn’t nearly Letterman’s best m...[Read on] |
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin and Her Campaign’s “Truth Optional” Mentality
| Courtesy of Howard Books.If being a campaign volunteer for Sarah Palin sounds like an unrewarding way to spend your free time, then you and Frank Bailey have something in common. Because, as he reveals in Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin (Howard Books), be...[Read on] |
Obama to Tap Kathleen Sebelius for HHS Post; Abortion Issue Rears Head
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Anti-abortion groups are up in arms over reports that President Obama will name the Kansas governor to head Health and Human ServicesPost | Today 9:35 am
President Barack Obama will announce Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his pick for Health and Human...[Read on] |
Dear Senators: Thanks for extending UI. Now how about a job?
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by Julie Vogtman, Counsel,National Women's Law Center
Yesterday the Senate passed a bill to extend unemployment benefits for approximately 2.5 million people who are unemployed and looking for work. This is an important and long overdue measure to help...[Read on] |
Great offer for Women & Hollywood readers to attend Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deveare Smith
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I had the chance to check out Anna Deveare Smith’s play on health care issues courtesy of the folks at Second Stage Theatre. If you have never seen Anna on stage doing her interpretations you are really missing out. Her Ann Richards’ piece was ama...[Read on] |
Schwarzenegger Gives Green Advice to Detroit Engineers
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California's favorite Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, paid Detroit a visit this week, when he spoke at the Society of Engineers' 76th Annual world conference.
This year's conference, titled "Racing to Green Mobility," focused on environmentally frien...[Read on] |
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