Full Episode: May 25, 2012
Panelists discuss the new GOP initiative to celebrate female lawmakers and recruit women voters. Then, we turn to pink collar jobs going blue as more men work in traditionally female jobs. And, Behind the Headlines: the Model Alliance bands models together for better working conditions.
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Panelists discuss the new GOP initiative to celebrate female lawmakers and recruit women voters. Then, we turn to pink collar jobs going blue as more men work in traditionally female jobs. And, Behind the Headlines: the Model Alliance bands models together for better working conditions.
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Panelists on whether Republican Congresswomen will be able to recruit women voters:
"You've got to come up with something that is distinctly female if you say I'm reaching out to the women. To come up with the same thing that men - and even Democrats - are for is not a distinctively Republican female issue."
"You've got to come up with something that is distinctly female if you say I'm reaching out to the women. To come up with the same thing that men - and even Democrats - are for is not a distinctively Republican female issue."
~Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC)~
"I think it will help that women Republicans come out and speak on behalf on what the party believes, but the economic message needs to be consistent and that's what will bring women to the Republican side."
~Tara Setmayer, Conservative Commentator~
This Week's Featured Topics:
GOP Women Shift Focus: Republican women in the House of Representatives start a new caucus to highlight female lawmakers and court women voters.
Pink Collar Goes Blue: So-called "pink collar" jobs like nursing and primary education are recruiting more men than ever before.
Model Alliance: A new organization lobbies for better working conditions of models in the United States.
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