She The People: 2012


Posted at 11:42 AM ET, 08/13/2012

Romney and Ryan in North Carolina — just like the Olympics, minus the national unity
By Mary C. Curtis
The 2012 Olympics may be coming to a close but the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign is picking up the theme.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  11:42 AM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, 2012 election, medicare, medicaid, North Carolina, NASCAR

Posted at 10:06 PM ET, 08/11/2012

Janna Ryan: Family comes first
By Suzi Parker
Janna Ryan, wife of Republican vice presidential pick Rep. Paul Ryan, is the poster girl for Generation X women who wanted to have it all.

By Suzi Parker  |  10:06 PM ET, 08/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan, Wisconsin, Mitt Romney, 2012, vice president

Posted at 10:46 AM ET, 08/10/2012

Romney needs some Rubio pizzazz
By Sandra Fish
The Florida senator has charisma, gravitas, and he's Hispanic — and he'd be a bold choice as a Romney running mate.

By Sandra Fish  |  10:46 AM ET, 08/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Marco Rubio, Election 2012

Posted at 09:58 AM ET, 08/10/2012

Mitt Romney could do worse than Mike Huckabee as Veep
By Suzi Parker
Mike Huckabee knows how to activate the evangelical base, and that’s something Mitt Romney desperately needs.

By Suzi Parker  |  09:58 AM ET, 08/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, 2012, evangelicals, tea party, Chick-fil-A, Arkansas, Republican National Convention, Tampa

Posted at 04:15 PM ET, 08/08/2012

No Fluke: Obama needs Colorado's women voters
By Sandra Fish
Colorado women helped Obama win in 2008, and they may be even more crucial in his race against Mitt Romney.

By Sandra Fish  |  04:15 PM ET, 08/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Sandra Fluke, Ken Buck, Michael Bennet, birth control, abortion, personhood, Colorado, elections 2012

Posted at 04:58 PM ET, 08/06/2012

Gabrielle Douglas, Joanna Rowsell — Olympian hair power
By Bonnie Goldstein
Will we ever completely stop caring about women's hair?

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  04:58 PM ET, 08/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Gabby Douglas, Joanna Rowsell, olympics 2012, hair

Posted at 02:56 PM ET, 08/03/2012

Gold goes to woman who fights back
By Bonnie Goldstein
Don’t call Kayla Harrison’s gold medal in Judo glory. Call it guts. Call it justice.

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  02:56 PM ET, 08/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  kayla harrison, judo, gold, olympics 2012

Posted at 12:03 AM ET, 08/03/2012

At Colorado rally, voters see Mitt Romney as attractive new choice
By Sandra Fish
Romney addresses the overflow crowd from a picnic table, endearing many who originally supported others.

By Sandra Fish  |  12:03 AM ET, 08/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Colorado, swing states, presidential election, election 2012

Posted at 08:19 AM ET, 07/30/2012

Bill Clinton setting the stage for Obama at convention makes perfect sense
By Mary C. Curtis
SHE THE PEOPLE | It makes perfect sense. And boy does Clinton love to be the go-to guy.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  08:19 AM ET, 07/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  President Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic convention, Charlotte, North Carolina, economy, Hillary Clinton, 2012 elections

Posted at 06:39 PM ET, 07/29/2012

At the Olympics, proud of the U.S. and the U.K.
By Delia Lloyd
I belted out the national anthem with so much enthusiasm that my eight year-old daughter actually asked me to quiet down.

By Delia Lloyd  |  06:39 PM ET, 07/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  London 2012, Olympics, Olympics Opening Ceremony, #romneyshambles, national pride

Posted at 03:13 PM ET, 07/26/2012

Mitt Romney: Showing gold medal tone deafness in London
By Suzi Parker
Rule number one when visiting a foreign country: Don’t insult it.

By Suzi Parker  |  03:13 PM ET, 07/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Olympic Games, London, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, 2012, Barack Obama

Posted at 09:41 AM ET, 07/25/2012

Don Young takes a slap at Linda Lingle — and the GOP
By Sandra Fish
Yes, the ad is adorable, but Hawaii's Republican Senate candidate Linda Lingle can't be too happy about it.

By Sandra Fish  |  09:41 AM ET, 07/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hawaii, Senate, Alaska, Election 2012, Linda Lingle, Don Young, Mazie Hiruno

Posted at 08:15 PM ET, 07/19/2012

Guns N' Roses' icon Duff McKagan to Obama: Get out of Afghanistan
By Suzi Parker
“Uh. President Obama. Let’s get...out of there now.”

By Suzi Parker  |  08:15 PM ET, 07/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Guns N' Roses, Duff McKagan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Obama, Mitt Romney, military, 2012

Posted at 03:32 PM ET, 07/19/2012

John McCain hasn’t slowed Michele Bachmann, who stands to benefit from accusations
By Suzi Parker
Congresswoman’s claims that Clinton aide Huma Abedin has terror ties is the kind of hot rhetoric that keeps her coffers filled.

By Suzi Parker  |  03:32 PM ET, 07/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Michele Bachmann, Hillary Clinton, Huba Abedin, Anthony Weiner, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Keith Ellison, tea party, conspiracy theories, 2012

Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 07/09/2012

Romney heads to Aspen after the Hamptons
By Sandra Fish
He’ll need to carry suburban Denver cities, as well as Fort Collins to the north, to win the state's nine electoral votes.

By Sandra Fish  |  10:04 AM ET, 07/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Hamptons, Aspen, fundraiser, Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, wildfires, election 2012, presidential campaign

Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 07/02/2012

Martha Burk: ‘Who’s in charge? Why should women care?’
By Mary C. Curtis

By Mary C. Curtis  |  10:04 AM ET, 07/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  war on women, Martha Burk, voting, 2012 elections, Democrats, Republicans, pay equality

Posted at 02:44 PM ET, 06/28/2012

After Supreme Court’s ruling, Obama touts the Affordable Care Act’s benefits for women
By Sandra Fish
Everyone isn’t pleased by a health care act that ends gender-based pricing and covers birth control and more.

By Sandra Fish  |  02:44 PM ET, 06/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  President Barack Obama, health care reform, Supreme Court, Election 2012, women, insurance

Posted at 10:38 PM ET, 06/27/2012

New York's Wendy Long Faces Kirsten Gillibrand in Two-Woman Senate Contest
By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker  |  10:38 PM ET, 06/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Wendy Long, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina, women, 2012, New York

Posted at 08:44 AM ET, 06/15/2012

Arkansas racism, tea-party style
By Suzi Parker
Did you hear the one about the rally where a joke delivered in black dialect, about lazy black welfare recipients, had the crowd in stitches?

By Suzi Parker  |  08:44 AM ET, 06/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  tea party, Arkansas, racism, Barack Obama, 2012, welfare

Posted at 10:52 PM ET, 06/14/2012

Obama pins the economy on Bush
By Melinda Henneberger
Three and a half years in, it’s depressing to hear him complain about the hot mess he inherited.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  10:52 PM ET, 06/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  obama, obama economy, obama speech, obama news, economy under obama, obama economic plan, obama romney, obama cleveland, romney economic plan, mitt romney economy, romney news, mitt romney speech, president obama, obama reelection, obama 2012, obama for president, obama 2012 elections, barack obama campaign, obama election news, obama election news, obama reelection news, obama 2012 election, president barack obama, election 2012, campaign news, election news

Posted at 10:40 AM ET, 06/14/2012

Is Obama losing support among black N.C. voters?
By Mary C. Curtis
Public Policy Polling offered a rare disclaimer of its own results, saying it “seems like an unrealistically low share of African American voters for Obama.”

By Mary C. Curtis  |  10:40 AM ET, 06/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  president obama, mitt romney, black voters, African Americans, same-sex marriage, polls, DEcmorats, Republicans, North Carolina, 2012 convention

Posted at 11:21 AM ET, 06/12/2012

Joe Coors: ‘I'm not a beer’
By Sandra Fish
But the 70-year-old Coloradan has attained “Young Gun” status in his congressional race against Democratic incumbent Ed Perlmutter.

By Sandra Fish  |  11:21 AM ET, 06/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Ed Perlmutter, Joe Coors, Congress, Election 2012, Christine O'Donnell, "I'm not a beer"

Posted at 12:32 PM ET, 06/10/2012

George P. Bush: Jeb would join ticket if asked
By Suzi Parker
SHE THE PEOPLE | “If called upon to serve, he will,’’ the former Florida governor’s 36-year-old son said in an interview with the Post’s Suzi Parker.

By Suzi Parker  |  12:32 PM ET, 06/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Jeb Bush, vice-president, 2012, Bush family, Marco Rubio, Florida, Maverick PAC

Posted at 04:11 PM ET, 06/06/2012

Wisconsin's Rebecca Kleefisch, no longer under the GOP radar
By Suzi Parker
At 36, Kleefisch is a former television reporter, the wife of a state assemblyman, the mother of two daughters and a colon cancer survivor.

By Suzi Parker  |  04:11 PM ET, 06/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker, Wisconsin recall, Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee, 2012

Posted at 12:42 AM ET, 06/06/2012

Bill Clinton's ego could cost Obama in November
By Suzi Parker
Democrats want to see a unified front on the campaign trail. And that’s hard to get when he’s involved.

By Suzi Parker  |  12:42 AM ET, 06/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, 2012

Posted at 01:28 PM ET, 06/04/2012

Does Sarah Jessica Parker's Obama ad cheapen the White House?
By Suzi Parker
SHE THE PEOPLE | The “Sex and the City” star is holding a raffle to attract small-dollar donors.

By Suzi Parker  |  01:28 PM ET, 06/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Sarah Jessica Parker, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, Donald Trump, 2012, fashion, Sex and the City

Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 06/04/2012

If the right to vote is a game, no one wins
By Mary C. Curtis
SHE THE PEOPLE | Placing obstacles in a process that should be easy to navigate is just another way to rig the system

By Mary C. Curtis  |  07:43 AM ET, 06/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  voting rights, 2012 elections, Florida, Rick Scott, felon disenfranchisement, medgar evers

Posted at 01:36 PM ET, 05/31/2012

Hey, an email from Barack
By Bonnie Goldstein

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  01:36 PM ET, 05/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  fundraising, obama campaign, Barack Obama, election 2012

Posted at 01:15 PM ET, 05/25/2012

In Arkansas, racism cuts against Obama
By Suzi Parker
In 2008, white people I have known my entire life confessed to me that they would not vote for Obama because of his race.

By Suzi Parker  |  01:15 PM ET, 05/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, John Wolfe, John McCain, racism, the South, 2012

Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 05/21/2012

Ex-offenders find a reason to reclaim the vote
By Mary C. Curtis
Should American citizens who have been convicted of crimes and served their time have their right to vote restored?

By Mary C. Curtis  |  10:04 AM ET, 05/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  felon disenfranchisement, 2012 elections, Rick Scott, Bob McDonnell, Urban League, voting rights

Posted at 03:27 PM ET, 05/16/2012

Deb Fischer’s win should not erase the discussion of the war on women
By Suzi Parker
The war on women isn’t simply about female candidates ousting their male counterparts. It’s much more than that.

By Suzi Parker  |  03:27 PM ET, 05/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Deb Fischer, war on women, Bob Kerrey, Nebrasaka, abortion rights, equal rights amendment, 2012

Posted at 11:04 AM ET, 05/14/2012

Colorado's civil union showdown
By Sandra Fish
Killed in the Colorado House by GOP parliamentary maneuvers, a special session seeks to make civil unions legal.

By Sandra Fish  |  11:04 AM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Colorado, civil unions, gay marriage, 2012 election

Posted at 11:24 AM ET, 05/12/2012

Bill Clinton's desire for Washington knows no bounds
By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker  |  11:24 AM ET, 05/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, 2012, 2016, Barack Obama

Posted at 08:31 AM ET, 05/09/2012

French elections: More familiar than Americans might guess
By Mary C. Curtis
In French and U.S. elections, it's the economy and personality that matter.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  08:31 AM ET, 05/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  obama, mitt romney, francois hollande, nicolas sarkozy, 2012 elections, economy

Posted at 02:13 PM ET, 05/03/2012

Michele Bachmann steps up to the endorsement plate
By Sandra Fish
Rep. Michele Bachmann steps up to endorse Mitt Romney. When will Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum get on that stage?

By Sandra Fish  |  02:13 PM ET, 05/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, 2012 Presidential race, GOP nomination

Posted at 08:41 AM ET, 04/25/2012

Obama plays to youth vote in Boulder, Colo.
By Sandra Fish
Come fall, Obama the campaigner will need college students in his reelection effort — as voters and as volunteers.

By Sandra Fish  |  08:41 AM ET, 04/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, student loans, 2012 presidential race, Boulder, University of Colorado, Robert Redford

Posted at 10:12 AM ET, 04/13/2012

Still hoping for a year of women candidates
By Sandra Fish
The 2012 Project is trying to take advantage of new districts, open seats and the voter turnout of a presidential election to get more women elected.

By Sandra Fish  |  10:12 AM ET, 04/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  2012 Project, women candidates, 2012 elections

Posted at 05:45 PM ET, 04/09/2012

No wonder Rick Santorum believes in miracles
By Bonnie Goldstein
His daughter Bella, who has the genetic disorder Trisomy 18, has already lived nearly 4 times the lifespan her condition predicted.

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  05:45 PM ET, 04/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Santorum, Bella, isabella santorum, 2012

Posted at 09:35 AM ET, 04/09/2012

Bill Clinton but no Hillary at DNC in Charlotte
By Mary C. Curtis
Bill without Hill? That’s the plan for the first week in September in Charlotte, when Democrats hold their 2012 convention.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  09:35 AM ET, 04/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  bill clinton, hillary clinton, DNC, 2012 convention, Charlotte, Obama

Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 03/18/2012

Obama’s pitch to swing-state women
By Mary C. Curtis
COLUMN | Democrats hope for gains among moderate and independent female voters and the widening of a gender gap that has traditionally favored their party.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  03:00 PM ET, 03/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Obama, health care, Democrats, Republicans, North Carolina, DNC, 2012 convention, birth control

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 03/09/2012

Pat Robertson and the pot promoters
By Sandra Fish
Can the televangelist’s half measure of support move the needle, so to speak, on decriminalization?

By Sandra Fish  |  08:00 AM ET, 03/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Pat Robertson, marijuana, medical marijuana, marijuana legalization, election 2012

Posted at 10:46 AM ET, 03/07/2012

Can women bring civility to politics?
By Sandra Fish
When we make up 51 percent of the population, we could almost plead taxation without representation.

By Sandra Fish  |  10:46 AM ET, 03/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Olympia Snowe, women in politics, 2012 elections

Posted at 10:16 PM ET, 02/24/2012

Meryl Streep should win Oscar for movie panned over politics
By Delia Lloyd
“The Iron Lady” is worth seeing, whatever your view of Margaret Thatcher.

By Delia Lloyd  |  10:16 PM ET, 02/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  meryl streep, The Iron Lady, Oscars 2012

Posted at 08:26 AM ET, 02/05/2012

At Super Bowl XLVI, all eyes on Madonna
By Suzi Parker
SHE THE PEOPLE | Her detractors claim the only reason she is performing is to generate a larger share of women viewers for the Super Bowl. But what would be wrong with that?

By Suzi Parker  |  08:26 AM ET, 02/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Madonna, Super Bowl 2012, MTV

Posted at 09:15 AM ET, 01/27/2012

GOP opposition research a gold mine for Democrats
By Sandra Fish
The books outline weaknesses that might make great attack ads. But they also reveal the motivations of the campaign gathering the research.

By Sandra Fish  |  09:15 AM ET, 01/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  oppo research, opposition research, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Bain, Tim Baker, GOP primary, 2012 presidential race