Here’s a post for you women out there.  I guess it is also for you men out there who like women or who have a woman in your life – mother, sister, wife.  So really it is just a question.

I was purusing my normal political blogs today when a headline caught my eye.  The headline is “Women turn out to see Palin in Wisconsin, Michigan.”  My question is is this news.

Fifty-four percent of registered voters in the United States are women.  Fifty-two percent of the population of the United States is female.  Why, then, is it news when the majority comes out to hear stump speeches in an election that has been routinely touted as the most important one in a lifetime?

I am offended by blog entries and “news” articles that indicate a woman will vote for the McCain ticket because there is a female on it.  I find it rather annoying that reporters and bloggers – male and female – continue to fixate on the female on the two major party tickets.  Palin is a politician just like the other four.  Palin is a public servant just like the other four.  The only difference may be we know what her legs look like – never having seen McCain, Obama or Biden in shorts.

I don’t recall huge numbers of articles or blog entries that were discussing the African-American community coming out for Obama speeches.  I do realize, though, that the Obama campaign has counted on “vote for one of your own” as being to its benefit.  I do not see the same emphasis – meaning we have a woman on the ticket so should ge the female vote – from the McCain campaign.

So, now that I have gotten all that off my mind and onto “paper,” let me share the story that started the thought process.  Please realize that the headling was not Politico’s but Yahoo’s and well, that may say it all.