[freespirited]

Say 5% of Americans would never vote for a woman. I refuse to believe the number is that high.

You must have missed the Marist poll posted here the other day. The number was much higher than that. If I remember correctly 28% of respondents said they would be unlikely to vote for a woman in 2008 regardless of whether she was a Democrat or Republican.

I think the challenge is to find a Margaret Thatcher. Right now neither party has one.

P.S. I think it was a Marist poll but it might have been Gallup. Posted sometime in the last couple weeks.

[caryatid]

I think the challenge is to find a Margaret Thatcher. Right now neither party has one.

Alas, I fear that you are correct. Give us a Lady Thatcher and I will vote for a woman every time.