Green Collar Jobs: What’s the Deal?

A quick visit to CJP’s Candidate Compare charts shows that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both propose attacking the twin evils of global warming and job losses with the whiz-bang silver bullet of “green collar” jobs.
Clinton predicts that 5 million new green collar jobs can be spun out of new technologies, while Obama proposes [...]

Calling All Janes

Gals, with words like “racist” and “monster” flying around (and that’s the Democrats talking about EACH OTHER) we’re concerned that polite political discourse may turn up on the endangered species list very soon. Even CJP has gotten emails assailing our neutrality in the election under the email heading, “You’ve got [...]

Why is Hillary Clinton Losing with the Ladies?

Last night’s results from Wisconsin followed a pronounced pattern that’s emerged on the Democratic side in this election cycle: Obama is doing better and better among women.
Clinton started the cycle with a 22-point lady-loving advantage, but by last night, she evenly split women’s votes with Barack Obama 50/50. Since women made up 58% of [...]

Women Playing Hardball with Chris Matthews

Janes, here’s the situation:
“The Washington Post” today reported on the controversy erupting over Chris Matthews, his comments stating that Hillary Clinton is where she is because Bill Clinton “messed around,” and his general approach to women on his show “Hardball.”
On the one hand, we’ve heard him say things to his female guests, [...]

The Tears- What’s the Verdict?

Janes, here’s the situation: Ever since we saw Senator Clinton tear up at a New Hampshire voters’ forum, CJP has been asked again and again what “women” thought about it. Obviously, all women don’t react the same way to anything, particularly something that involves Hillary Clinton. But because [...]

Likable, Electable or Capable?

Janes, a new study by Knowledge Networks drills down past the overall poll numbers and asks how voters are really evaluating the candidates. The numbers show that:

Republicans are looking more closely at candidates’ policy positions, while Democrats are weighing personality traits more heavily.
Hillary Clinton is the first choice AND last choice for Democrats to [...]

CitizenJanes, What’s a Little Mud Among Friends?

Here’s the situation……what’s your take?
Washington is tying itself in knots today over a small item that Bob Novak wrote at the end of last week. Novak, a syndicated columnist who titled his own biography “The Prince of Darkness,” reported that Hillary Clinton has “scandalous” information about Barack Obama, but has decided [...]