Christine is a two-career professional in San Diego: a former architect, she now runs her own business consulation, branding and marketing company. She is actively involved in her community in San Diego.
Christine is analytical; a practical thinker. She has this to say about her decision to support Barack:
Countless of us hit our head on the proverbial glass ceiling, and all of us have entertained dreams of electing The First Woman President in our lifetime -- believing that we are not as bellicose as men and would be less prone to sending our young to war, that we might be less linear in our approach to solving problems -- and some of us, with less altruistic motives, just wanting to balance or reverse the male dominance in political affairs. We dreamed of a woman who, standing alone, would do us proud -- all of us. Those of us who have endorsed Obama (or Edwards, for that matter) have done so after thoughtful soul searching, guilt tugging at our feminist dreams and edicts, and at our longing for equal rights. We now need a President who can rally more than us, women Democrats. We need all of us plus Independents and Republicans -- someone who will deliver the Presidency in November. We can't afford to nominate the candidate Republicans dream to oppose in the general election. We need someone who can win. Better, someone who can win with some cross-party mandate. Electability is key. Another four years -- let alone eight years -- of Republican ruling would certainly allow for two or three new Supreme Court Judges to be elected and for every level of our judicial system to be equally and adversely affected. This alone should unite all women to vote for Barack.
Countless of us hit our head on the proverbial glass ceiling, and all of us have entertained dreams of electing The First Woman President in our lifetime -- believing that we are not as bellicose as men and would be less prone to sending our young to war, that we might be less linear in our approach to solving problems -- and some of us, with less altruistic motives, just wanting to balance or reverse the male dominance in political affairs. We dreamed of a woman who, standing alone, would do us proud -- all of us.
Those of us who have endorsed Obama (or Edwards, for that matter) have done so after thoughtful soul searching, guilt tugging at our feminist dreams and edicts, and at our longing for equal rights.
We now need a President who can rally more than us, women Democrats. We need all of us plus Independents and Republicans -- someone who will deliver the Presidency in November. We can't afford to nominate the candidate Republicans dream to oppose in the general election. We need someone who can win. Better, someone who can win with some cross-party mandate.
Electability is key. Another four years -- let alone eight years -- of Republican ruling would certainly allow for two or three new Supreme Court Judges to be elected and for every level of our judicial system to be equally and adversely affected. This alone should unite all women to vote for Barack.
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