September 17, 2008
On Monday, as part of his “Women’s Week of Action,” Obama held a conference call with female supporters to outline the issues he will bring to the forefront in the weeks ahead, such as health care, the Supreme Court and pay equity.
And today in Washington, a number of high profile unions and groups saying they represent millions of women joined together to throw their support to Obama.
Attendees…..
Ellie Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation
Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women
Both of whose organizations supported Clinton in the primaries and held a press conference here announcing the support of ten groups for Obama.
NOW’s endorsement represented the first time in 24 years the group has endorsed a general election presidential candidate, the last being Walter Mondale in 1984, who ran on the first ticket to feature a woman as a vice presidential running mate.
The largest organization for women’s rights, NOW says it is stepping into the contest to educate women about Palin’s positions and highlight Obama and Biden’s long-time commitment to policies that support women personally and economically.
I have repeatedly suggested to the leader of the “National Organization for Women” that a better name would for their organization would be the “National organization for Liberal Women” but they haven’t returned my emails.
“For us its a red alert,” said Gandy. “Palin is so out of touch with women. I don’t think people fully understand her positions.”
Barack Obama’s, who pays his female senate staff less than John McCain pays his female senate staff, new pay equity ad says that “women work to help support their families but are paid just 77 cents to a dollar a man makes.”
The challenge for these organizations is to try to make women of America believe that Barack Obama, not Sarah Palin is more in touch with everyday American woman and the issues of raising a family and meeting the challenges of a career. Good Luck Ladies, your a daisy if you do.
