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Michelle Obama’s Sneaky Target Outing

October 6, 2011

So many women, regardless of party affiliation, are fans of Michelle Obama’s fashion sense. Sure there are some haters, but the First Lady gets tons of attention for her shopping savvy, style choices and updated Jackie Kennedy flair. But no …

Sarah Palin: “Winning” Like Charlie Sheen

October 2, 2011

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In politics, as in Hollywood, “winning” is in the eye of the beholder. Most pundits and politicos say there’s no way that Sarah Palin is going to run for president in 2012 because time has run out. She’s …

What Women Want and Why You Should Care: Women Influencers Online

September 30, 2011

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“Networked: What Women Want and Why You Should Care” was the title of the panel I moderated at this year’s Activism+Media+Policy Summit to talk about how and why media, policymakers and politicos should be paying attention to the …

Sarah Palin in Your Pocket!

September 18, 2011

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You KNOW you want it! Once Sarah Palin announces her 2012 Presidential candidacy, good luck trying to find one of these babies! And while I was out shopping for this, I wandered into the dangerous territory of taking PunditGirl, who …

12-Year-Old Girls Could End Rick Perry’s Presidential Campaign

September 14, 2011

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I’ve never really seen Rick Perry as a GOP presidential front-runner, even though many other pundits say he’s got it in the bag. Tea partiers love him as their flavor of the moment, but he’s got so much baggage that …

Don’t Know What to Tell My Daughters on Women’s Equality Day

August 26, 2011

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I sometimes use my experiences as PunditGirl’s mother as a lens through which to view issues that are important to me. But PunditGirl isn’t the only daughter in my life. I also have two adult step-daughters. They don’t need …

Women + Social Media = Political Empowerment

August 14, 2011

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The theme running through my new book, Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America, is empowerment. It’s tough to get any traction for the voices of anyone other than guys when guys are the …

My Book Mothers of Intention is Here!

August 11, 2011

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You’ve probably noticed that nice promo box I’ve got sitting at the top right section of this site mentioning that my book Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America is for sale! Yes!! Finally, …

ONE Moms in Kenya: A Trip of a Lifetime

August 8, 2011

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Remember I told you last week about ten amazing women — including some of my very good friends — who were invited to go to Kenya by ONE to see firsthand the health and hunger issues in Kenya, especially for …

ONE Campaign Takes Some of My Favorite Women to Kenya

August 3, 2011

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There’s poverty in the United States. No doubt about that. And there are millions of children who go to bed hungry at night in America. But there is a totally different kind of poverty all across the world that gets …

Michele Bachmann and Me

July 28, 2011

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Michele Bachmann and I had lunch together. It’s true! She even had these lovely Tea Party cookies! OK, there were about 200 other people in the room, too. But we were both eating in the same place at the same …

Ridiculous Politics

July 16, 2011

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Just when I think that the world of politics can’t get any more ridiculous, someone comes along to prove me wrong. Some Americans are still holding the Vietnam War against Jane Fonda and apparently they all watch QVC. Because there …