Muscular Gender Agenda

"What do women want?"
- Sigmund Freud

I have a Hillary problem. I want Obama to become president. And so I think Obama has no option but to go for a muscular gender agenda.

(1) Equal Pay
(2) War On Domestic Violence
(3) Cabinet Half Female
(4) Universal Health
(5) Lifelong Education

The power should be with the people, not with the leaders. And so the progressive focus has to be on the agenda more than on the leaders. What do we want? How much of it do we want? When do we want it? It is time for the progressives to get ambitious.

In The News

Relative Newcomer Obama Giving Clinton a Run in the Campaign Money ... CQPolitics.com, DC Obama’s campaign spent about $6.6 million overall in the first quarter. It reported spending $909,000 on payroll for nearly 200 individuals. It also spent about $700,000 on travel and lodging, $494,000 on postage and $354,000 on printing.
Clinton old guard lines up with main rival ObamaMail & Guardian Online
Obama dominates local race for money Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Clinton trails Obama in primary donations Turkish Daily News (subscription)
Sen. Barack Obama and wife's 2006 income $991296, much lower than ... Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN
Obamas' 2006 income put at $991296 China Daily
Barack Obama Makes A Stops in Milwaukee WEAU-TV 13, WI
Obama Postpones Speech New York Times
Obama: Citizens can, must act to stop violence Janesville Gazette
Obama Campaign Announces Launch of Women for Obama Barack and ... dBusinessNews Chicago (press release), IL
Obama launches campaign initiative aimed at women Chicago Tribune Women for Obama raised about $750,000 at its inaugural event, a fundraising lunch in downtown Chicago attended by an overwhelmingly female crowd of about 1,200 ...... Michelle Obama, who introduced her husband, said he knows what women like her are going through as they juggle careers, family and their own well-being. ....... Barack "recognizes that our society, our community is only as strong as our women and our families." ........ a spirit that is embodied in this room, a wisdom that is not unique to women but — in my life — I have found oftentimes it is stronger in women
Obama and Clinton tussle over women ZDNet Hillary Clinton has been aggressively playing the gender card, and Obama is following suit, announcing “Women for Obama”
Obama trounces Clinton in online campaign money grab
Google wins big as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle
Obama Comes To Atlanta The Emory Wheel
Barack Obama Visits Tampa Central Florida News 13|
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama makes first campaign trip to Tampa Tampa Bay's 10
Barack Obama makes a central Florida fundraising stop Sun-Sentinel.com
Obama gains ground in new poll MSNBC Clinton leads Obama, 31%-26%
Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton In Dead Heat to be Most Web-Searched ... Business Wire (press release)
Obama backs Armenian genocide allegations Today's Zaman, Turkey
Sen. Obama: 'The Sun Is Shining on Me' NewsMax.com
Obama is Best-Rated Democrat in 2008 Race Angus Reid Global Monitor, Canada 46 per cent of respondents would support the Illinois senator in 2008, while 42 per cent would vote for former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Obama also holds an eight-point advantage over Arizona senator John McCain, and a 19-point advantage over Massachusetts senator Mitt Romney. Hillary Rodham Clinton leads McCain by three points and Romney by seven points, but trails Giuliani by six points. .... Edwards also holds advantages over McCain and Romney, but trails Giuliani by two points.

Hillary Clinton Talks American Idol’s Sanjaya Malakar Portable Planet
Clinton asked about Sanjaya Malakar Myrtle Beach Sun News
Hillary Clinton Weighs in on American Idol’s Sanjaya Malakar Bodog Beat During a radio call-in on WOKQ-FM, Sen. Hillary Clinton was asked what the United States can do about 17-year-old Sanjaya Malakar, the American Idol underdog who has the media in a frenzy. "That’s the best question I’ve been asked in a long time," Clinton responded. "Well, you know, people can vote for whomever they want. That’s true in my election, and it’s true on ‘American Idol.’ "
Hillary Has One Senate Endorsement NewsMax.com
Clinton out-raised but still sits atop largest war chest CNN
Hillary Clinton Raises Most From Minn. Donors WCCO, MN
Hillary Clinton postpones visit to Rutgers The Trentonian, NJ
Letter writer holds Hillary Clinton to unrealistic standard Cumberland Times-News, MD
Hillary Clinton, the 'evidence-based decision-maker,' here on May 19 Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA
Hillary Clinton Piles On - Misogyny Hypocrisy Agoravox, France Clinton blasted the fired radio entertainer for comments that “showed a disregard for basic decency and were disrespectful and degrading to African Americans and women everywhere.” .....Just two weeks ago, Mrs. Clinton pulled in $800,000 at a fundraiser held in the palatial Miami home of music mogul Timbaland. Born Timothy Mosley, the rap composer is one of the most influential producers in the music industry, and one whose songs are peppered with words that even Don Imus didn’t use........ She once said her own iPod was filled with tunes by more mainstream groups like The Eagles and The Beatles.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney takes back endorsement of ... International Herald Tribune, France
Romney takes back endorsement of Clinton's "village" concept Boston Globe
Wash. Post's Balz alleged "Clinton fatigue" but did not quote ... Media Matters for America, DC "Among Democrats, a sense of 'Clinton fatigue' has led some major fundraisers to reassess with whom they want to align." ..... "some" Clinton donors "cite fatigue after more than a decade" of various fundraising efforts for the Clintons ...... Most, though, blame the defections on the enthusiasm generated by the upstart campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). ..... Obama has created an excitement unseen since that surrounding Clinton in 1992. ....... Clinton's current approval rating is 60 percent and that "[i]n the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, 71% said he was a good president -- more than double Bush's 34% approval in the poll."

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2. Gunman was both methodical and angry
3. Massive Web searches chase shooting details
4. Missing suburban student’s body found
5. The natural rush to blame