The blowback on the Palin nomination continues. While the main thread of the netroots buzz is shifting to economic issues - Obama's strength, the reactions to the Palin candidacy are still percolating up from all areas of the electorate.
The other shoe is being dropped on McCain's ill-fated move to attract Hillary Clinton's supporters. It is being seen for what it is ... a McCain/Rove/Bush/Cheney MANipulation of women. No surprise ... guess it's not working out so well for the Repubs after all.
More on the breaking news from NPR on the NOW endorsement follows...
Aimee Bostwick at Star City Harbinger leads today with news that the National Organization for Women (NOW) will formally endorse the Obama-Biden ticket at a press conference later today.
According to a press release from NOW, the announcement will be made today at the National Press Club around 12:30 PM. NOW will be joined by a host of women’s rights groups including Feminist Majority PAC, Business and Professional Women/PAC, National Association of Social Workers PACE, National Congress of Black Women, and the Women’s Information Network.
This endorsement is important for a number of reasons. The Rovian-Schmidt attack machine purposefully offered up an unqualified female candidate to take advantage of perceived dissatisfaction among women who put all their hopes on Senator Clinton. What the McCain Campaign has failed to realize is that American women are among the smartest and most well-informed voters in the Nation. We know when we are being manipulated. Assuming women will flock to a woman simply because of some inherent gender sympathy is a sexist assumption of the highest order, and everyone knows what happens when you assume . . .
UPDATE 1: Thanks for all the editorial comments.
UPDATE 2: suggested video posted ...