Women of a Certain Age Bringing It in NH

New Hampshire has elected an all female legislative delegation

Newly elected Governor Maggie Hassan (D), U.S. Senator Carol Shea Porter (D) and U.S.Representative Anne Kuster (D) join U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D) and U.S. Representative Kelly Ayotte (R) as the first all woman delegation in U.S. history.

They don't call us "First in the Nation" for nothing!

I'm starting to think "We're gonna win" ...

 

AND...

Who Calls the Shots on a Woman's Right to Choose?

While I realize abortion is not THE primary concern nationally, it is important to women, myself included and it is important in the battleground aka "swing" states.  

On October 22, Gallup reported, "Abortion was the top issue named by women voters in 12 key swing states as 'the most important issue.p for women in this election,' according to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll. By contrast, 1% of women and less than 1% of men, nationally, consider it the most important problem facing the nation."

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2012/10/23/new-gallup-poll-shreds-cnns-speculation-women-abortion-and-gop#ixzz2AEKFzeFJ

Abortion rights, a woman's right to choose, the Roe v Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court don't seem to matter to the men running for office.  Paul Ryan is pro-Life, conceding only to Mitt Romney's less radical position because Romney, not Ryan, is the Presidential candidate. If Ryan becomes president, all bets are off.  After the Biden/Ryan debate, the Washington Post had this to say: 

But the position Ryan articulated Thursday — “the policy of a Romney administration will be to oppose abortions with the exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother” — is different from Ryan’s earlier position of no abortions, except possibly in cases where mother’s life was endangered.

Todd Akin...hoo boy, we know his story. He's reduced his lead in the state of Missouri to a virtual tie with incumbent Claire McCaskill.

And then there's THIS guy.    

Candidate Romney was for him before he was against him.  Sound familiar?

Debate Highlight Moment

Romney showed his willingness to say anything to win including lying to the American people about his position on the issues and his sudden departure from his previously hawkish positions on foreign policy and military intervention. President Obama gave him his comeuppance in one entertaining moment. Rachel Maddow called Romney a "shameless shape shifter". It might be funny if it weren't so damn scary.

Give A Gal A Chance

Not only do we have a presidential debate tonight, there's a debate about the debate process.  Candy Crowley is the chief political correspondent for CNN; highly respected and knowledgeable.     There's concern her agenda differs from that of the Commission on Presidential Debates and whether or not she'll break the rules.  (fingers crossed!)

 

Politico 10/15/12

SNL Nails it...Twice!