Pelosi Power

Linda P. Campbell, writing in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
underlines pretty heavily the point made here that Democrats aren’t red or blue, they are the party of Pink Power:

Nancy Pelosi has campaigned as "A Voice That Will Be Heard." And anyone who's had a strong mother—or been one—can attest to the true meaning of that slogan. . . Pelosi told CBS' 60 Minutes that being speaker would enable her to "show the American people that women know how to use power" . . . The new Congress will include 71 women in the House (50 Democrats, 21 Republicans) and 16 in the Senate (11 Democrats, five Republicans). . .

So Pelosi ranks third in the U.S. leadership structure, the highest a woman has ever ranked, and 22% of House and Senate Democrats are women—44% of the way in each house to 50:50 parity!

Then there’s the obvious. In a presidential election Democrats will be favored to win, the most likely winning ticket—Clinton/Obama—is headed by a woman.

Pink Power.