(cross-posted at the Georgetown Progressive)
In 1992, pundits, scholars, and politicians alike exclaimed "The Year of the Woman." That year, four Democratic women running for Senate won their races, tripling the number of women in the Senate. Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Carol Moseley-Braun, and Patty Murray made a big leap for women, who represent more than half the voters in the US, but had only two female US Senators in 1991. 16 years later, there are 17 women in the Senate, including 13 Democrats. But with 58 Democrats in the Senate, it is absurd that President-Elect Obama's party only has women representing 22% of its caucus. It's time that we in the netroots make an enormous effort to make 2010 the New Year of the Woman.
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