Those relationships with women who are one or two steps beyond. We need to be really conscious about how we mentor people and the kind of encouragement that we get. So many of the studies around women are concerns about the coming political and they focus on the fundamental sense that they are not qualified and they do not know enough yet. The need to be more well qualified than the male candidate would require from himself. People like us and others in the audience would feel more confident. We would be put into contact with that network and could raise that money. How do you do it . I was blessed to have wonderful mentors and everyone here knows that the most important mentor was mitt romney, who supported my career and amy responsibilities as lieutenant governor. I used to attend the Governors Council once a week. That was my responsibility. I had a governor who gave me as much responsibility as i could possibly have and did not even want all stop i learned to love them. That is how
That it is not random. I remember in my earlier time thinking, well, if you have one woman already in one of those top three positions, then no one is going to want to elect the second one because they will think theyre overdoing it, you know . People in the state have gotten used to electing a woman. It could be that there is a role modeling that is going on and more women are really thinking about becoming political. The women themselves, and some of the women in those positions have said, no, actually, i showed the next woman where the pockets of energy or the pockets of money were. It is like bringing the next one along. It is so exciting, because we have to find ways to really expand these numbers. We cannot just keep moving along. It takes 200 years at the rate we are going. I am not kidding. Literally. You have to find ways to say, we already have one woman in this state come hell or high water. We are going to run a woman for governor and a woman for senator in that very state.
Legislative body. She spoke about slavery and womens rights before the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1838. An event honoring her and looking at women in politics. From boston, this is just over two hours. Welcome, everyone. I will be your evening moderator. We are here tonight to explore how women become political. We will look at the past and the present and consider the future, too. There will be some remarks and a panel. Regretfully, senator Elizabeth Warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. Someone has to work. She is there to work in the senate. [applause] however, she has made a short video for us that we will share in place of the remarks she would have given. Now, during the evening we invite you to tweet and send your questions at womenpoli2013. Also a reminder. Silence your cell phones right now. Everybody moving to silence the cell phones . Good. And for those who could not attend tonight, the good news is that the event is being taped by the
And more like a question of latest. When, not if. President obama is considering a limited attack. A military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a longterm campaign. Reporter obama is steadfast, something must be done. The world has an obligation to make sure that we maintain the norm against the use of chemical weapons. Reporter secretary of state john kerry revealed unclasfied intelligence indicating that the Syrian Regime prepared for the chemical attack for days and that the attacks targeted these congested neighborhoods after being launched from areas controlled by assad, killing more than 1400 people. This is the indiscriminate inconceivable horror of chemical weapons. This is what assad did to his own people. Reporter a growing Bipartisan Group of lawmakers is demanding president obama seek their approval before taking action. The president can and should call us into a joint session. We can be here within 24 hours. A new nbc poll shows half of ame
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