POLITICS: GOP Snubs Women (As Usual) For Top Spots In 2012 Campaigns
The Republican presidential field features a wide-range of diverse characters vying for the nomination. On the staff level, however, there is much more homogeneity within the ranks: mainly, a notable lack of high-ranking women. Among the major GOP candidates running for office, not a single one has handed over the title of campaign manager to a female. One, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), has an assistant campaign manager who is a female. The next highest-ranked woman is a national media coordinator for Paul. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is run almost entirely by men, with the exception of policy director Dierdre Delisi. His campaign manager, chief strategist, three senior advisors, political director and four out of five members of his national media team are men.
Herman Cain's campaign has no women in major operational roles. The only woman with any clout on Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) campaign staff is her spokeswoman, Alice Stewart. Newt Gingrich has only a female deputy press secretary, and Rick Santorum has virtually no high-ranking women outside of communications roles on his national campaign staff. Jon Huntsman had a woman campaign manager until June, when she resigned. His top campaign staffers are now all men.Jon Huntsman had a woman campaign manager until June, when she resigned. His top campaign staffers are now all men.
The exception to the rule is Mitt Romney, who employs a woman deputy campaign manager, senior advisor and communications director. The lack of women in high-ranking campaign roles may simply be a product of routine gender breakdown. Seventy percent of the women who serve in Congress are Democrats, and 65 percent of women at the state level are Democrats, according to Jennifer Lawless at the Women & Politics Institute. But the numbers could also reflect what some political observers and critics see as a major shortcoming of the current Republican candidates, which is their attitudes toward, and outreach to, women. ...
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Herman Cain's campaign has no women in major operational roles. The only woman with any clout on Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) campaign staff is her spokeswoman, Alice Stewart. Newt Gingrich has only a female deputy press secretary, and Rick Santorum has virtually no high-ranking women outside of communications roles on his national campaign staff. Jon Huntsman had a woman campaign manager until June, when she resigned. His top campaign staffers are now all men.Jon Huntsman had a woman campaign manager until June, when she resigned. His top campaign staffers are now all men.
The exception to the rule is Mitt Romney, who employs a woman deputy campaign manager, senior advisor and communications director. The lack of women in high-ranking campaign roles may simply be a product of routine gender breakdown. Seventy percent of the women who serve in Congress are Democrats, and 65 percent of women at the state level are Democrats, according to Jennifer Lawless at the Women & Politics Institute. But the numbers could also reflect what some political observers and critics see as a major shortcoming of the current Republican candidates, which is their attitudes toward, and outreach to, women. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/g...
