Here’s my response to yesterday’s Real Clear Politics story (bit.ly/1obA3ue): The reporter’s underlying premise was that no woman would run for President on the Republican ticket in 2016, and if that would hurt the Republican Party. I disagreed with that premise. My main point in the interview was that the media has failed to consider that there are a number of strong, accomplished, intelligent Republican women who could be in the mix for 2016. I said no candidate, woman or man, has announced they were running from either political party, so why does the media assume a woman would not run from the GOP? After all, it was the Republicans who had a woman on the ticket in the Vice Presidential spot in 2008—Sarah Palin. She was nominated in Minnesota. The Republicans were the only party to see a woman run for President in 2012—a woman from Minnesota, me. I asked why the media assumes no Republican woman would run for President in 2016, including potentially someone like me? At this time I have indicated no intention to once again run for the top spot in 2016. Right now my focus remains on serving out the remainder of my term representing Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District. All the media speculation surrounding presidential candidates for 2016 has the election results already predetermined, with Hillary Clinton, who has numerous fatal flaws, serving Barack Obamas 3rd and 4th terms as President. Before the game has even started the media has already declared the final score. The media loves to paint the Republicans as against women, when in fact our Party has done more to promote women for the top job. How refreshing it would be to see the media get a story right for a change.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:07:57 +0000
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