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| Visions & Revisions |
Avant Vanguard
05/01/2007
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Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas has been quoted as saying
that you create an environment where people become excited about their own
potential.
I think it’s about the senators bonding with the audience. It’s not about me. I am lucky to
have a network to be able to bring people together and showcase the power and
the inspiration of women’s leadership.
It has been said that Hillary’s on your speed dial.
That’s an overstatement.
How would you handicap the 2008 presidential race?
One of my good friends is the
newly elected attorney general of Massachusetts, Martha Coakley. When she
graduated from law school, her dad gave her a plaque that read, "Sometimes the
best man for the job is a woman." And that’s what people are going to figure out
about Hillary Clinton. There have been polls every year about the increasing
number of people who say they are ready and willing to vote for a woman. Hillary
is going to do the best job she can, win or lose—but I think she is going to
win.
Is the election of a woman president the only way you’ll feel
successful in your efforts to advance women politically?
There are many steps toward
success. Having Nancy Pelosi sitting behind the president at the state of the
union address—that is a major step. There are many things that will advance
women, but because Hillary is running, more women will think about running for
office themselves.
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