Women in Politics

Jun 8, 2008

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

On the heels of the conclusion of Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, Karen O'Connor talked about the involvement of women in politics, what many see as a lacking political ambition by women, and how some women are breaking through the glass ceiling of male dominated politics. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
On the heels of the conclusion of Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, Karen O'Connor talked about the involvement of women in politics, what many see as a lacking political ambition by women, and how some women are breaking through the glass ceiling of male dominated politics. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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00:00:12 HOST AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HAS THE CENTER FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS. OUR GUEST IS KAREN O'CONNOR WHO IS THE...
00:00:24 GUEST GOOD MORNING.
00:00:26 HOST SENATOR CLINTON BOUD OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND HER REFERENCE TO THE SO-CALLED GLASS CEILING....
00:00:34 Unidentified Speaker AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY IN THIS HISTORIC MAGNIFICENT BUILDING, THE 50TH WOMAN TO LEAVE THIS EARTH...
00:01:31 HOST BESIDES THE OBVIOUS, WHAT WAS SENATOR CLINTON'S MESSAGE IN THAT EXCERPT?
00:01:36 GUEST IT'S THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE YET TO REALLY CRACK THE GLASS CEILING. I THINK SHE WAS ALSO REMINDING ...
00:02:29 HOST A RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN IN THE SENATE. WE HAVE A WOMAN AS A WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY. WE HAVE...
00:02:40 GUEST WE'VE OBVIOUSLY COME A TREMENDOUS WAY. BUT WE IN ANOTHER FRAME, WE REALLY HAVEN'T COME VERY FAR AT...
00:03:24 HOST DOES SENATOR OBAMA NEED TO PICK A WOMAN AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT?
00:03:29 GUEST NO. I DON'T THINK HE DOES. I THINK JOHN MCCAIN NEEDS TO PICK A WOMAN AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT TO HELP...
00:04:20 HOST DID THAT SET BACK WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND WAS IT FAIR OR UNFAIR THAT FERRARO'S HUSBAND'S FINANCES BECAME...
00:04:33 GUEST IT DIDN'T SET BACK THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AT ALL. IT LIBERALIZED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. AND WOMEN WERE KIND...
00:06:03 HOST A NATIVE OF BUCK STATE, NEW YORK, OUR GUEST IS A AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, AUTHOR...
00:06:23 HOST YOU SURE ARE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THANK YOU. AND I HAVE THIS COMMENT TO MAKE AND I HOPE YOU CAN...
00:08:19 HOST THANK YOU.
00:08:21 GUEST FIRST OF ALL, MY DAD WORK ON THE BUFFALO RAILROAD FOR 50 YEARS. I HOPE I'M NOT ON THE WRONG TRAIN...
00:10:13 HOST GOOD MORNING FOR KAREN O'CONNOR OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HERE IN WASHINGTON. CALLER: IN LISTENING TO...
00:11:16 HOST HE'S ALSO AN EXPECTED MOM. CALLER: SHE WENT TO WORK THREE DAYS AFTER THAT AND SHE'S STILL INTERESTED...
00:11:45 GUEST I AGREE WITH THE CALLER THAT SARAH PALEN IS IN THE VERY STRONG CANDIDATE. I THINK WE'RE VERY UNFAIR...
00:13:37 HOST BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, YOU'RE NEXT. GOOD MORNING.
00:13:44 GUEST FINE. CALLER: I GOT ONE QUESTION. SINCE WOODROW WILSON, WHEN HE GAVE AWAY OUR CURRENCY TO A PRIVATE...
00:14:14 GUEST THIS IS NOT AN AREA OF MY EXPERTISE BUT WHEN WE LOOK BACK TO JOHN MCCAIN'S HISTORY, HE WAS INVOLVED...
00:15:41 HOST A WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LET ME SHARE WHAT SENATOR CLINTON SAID YESTERDAY ANN HER ROLE AS A...
00:15:53 Unidentified Speaker ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WHEN I WAS ASKED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, I ALWAYS GAVE...
00:17:27 HOST KAREN O'CONNOR.
00:17:29 GUEST THIS IS WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO IN THE BEGINNING OF MY COMMENTS. SHE WENT OUT A FEMINIST AND I THINK...
00:20:47 GUEST YOUR CAROL IS CORRECT BUT A THIS GIVES US AN ELECTION WHERE THERE ARE CLEAR DIFFERENCES IN THE POSITION...
00:23:19 HOST WHAT ABOUT HER REMARK YESTERDAY AT THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM MUSEUM. CALLER: I LIKED SOME OF IT...
00:23:32 HOST YOUR RESPONSE?
00:23:34 GUEST YES. I LIKE TO DRAW ACTUALLY A COMMENT THAT THE CALLER MADE AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF YES,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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