It's All About Women: The U.S. Election - Building Gender Balanced Business

Forget the main candidates for a moment: This U.S. presidential election is about — and about to be decided by — women. For all the fashion frenzy, the net result of both Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic nomination and Sarah Palin’s vice presidential run is that female politicians in America are finally getting the attention they deserve. With Clinton, the candidate who went the distance but did not win, the rules were rewritten. With Palin, the lines in the feminist and post-feminist ranks are being drawn in concrete. And keeping us best abreast of all this is a smart new cadre of American commentators and reporters that is eclipsing the traditional masculine journalists.