From Amanda Terkel at the Huff Post:
First Lady Michelle Obama, longtime feminist activist Gloria Steinem and several other prominent Democratic women will be the featured guests at a fundraiser in New York City next month for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, in an effort to mobilize and energize Democratic women for 2012.That's the first take-away, that Gloria Steinem and Stephanie Schriock are joined at the hip with Cecile Richards and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, at least as far as 2012 goes. Self-declarations are always welcome; thanks. (And EMILY, you can stop asking for money. I don't need a cut-out; I can give to Obama directly.)
The Park Avenue fundraiser on Sept. 20 will also feature EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards and Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).
Tickets prices start at $500 and go up to $38,500.
Now for your second take-away: Obama doesn't win if women don't vote for him. He and McCain split the male vote in 2008, and women could be a problem this time around. Terkel again:
A recent AP-GfK poll found that less than half of all women approve of the job Obama is doing. That's a significant drop from the 100-day mark of his presidency, when 68 percent of women approved of his performance. Fifty percent now say he deserves reelection.The Obama election still sees the problem as communicating its successes, not creating them. Good luck with that.
And your third take-away: Looks like the Clinton machine is all in for Obama. (Has he absorbed them, or are they just playing nicely together?) This good article also includes a long list of Clinton bundlers who are bundling for Obama. (Jon Corzine caught my eye. Carol Pensky was one of Hillary's 2008 superdelegates.)
To know them is ... to know them. A good piece of research.
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