I interviewed Joan Blades by telephone to get her reaction to Palin — who actively references her role as a mother. “We haven’t heard her agenda yet,” Blades told me. “The focus needs not to be on [her] personal family issues, but what she would do as Vice President.”
McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin will make no difference to 62% of the female electorate.
Did Clinton put the spotlight on herself and miss an opportunity to advance the cause of party unity? Another talking head suggested, “This isn’t the speech of a second fiddle. She’s still talking about why she is the stronger candidate.”
"The Jump Rope Line" by Marcia G. Yerman is included in the Seal Press anthology Dancing at the Shame Prom.
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