On Nov 18, 2006, at 2:52 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> It seems to me that the Right -- be it within one party as in this
> case of the French SP; or between parties as in the case of Labour vs.
> Conservative in the UK, the SDP or the Left Party vs. the CDU in
> Germany, etc.; or between the socialist bloc and the capitalist bloc
> (when the former still existed) -- has been on the average better at
> promoting and rallying behind female leaders.
That makes sense - it follows the old Nixon in China rule. Since women generally vote to the left of men, having a woman as a standard- bearer for a right-wing agenda makes her a more palatable candidate (esp when she's as palatable as Segolene).
Doug