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But if I’m really honest with myself, I’m mostly just happy that there’s another woman on the national political stage. I think it’s good for my 8-year-old daughter, who has called Hillary Clinton her idol. She doesn’t love Hillary because of her health-care policy or pro-choice stance: she loves Hillary because she thinks girls rule. The more powerful women there are on the national stage, the better it is for all women, because this is a game of numbers. When John Edwards destroys his political career by cheating on his wife, I don’t believe people wring their hands about what it’s going to mean for white guys. And when there are enough women in our political life, maybe we will be able to judge them as individuals, rather than representatives of all things uterine. Either way, I think we’re going to have to get used to Sarah Palin. Because she might be the one to crash through that “highest, hardest glass ceiling,” and not just because she has a gun.
Palin’s election could bring a new culture to America that embraces work and family, not by government mandate, but because employers and employees will see work-family balance in action. It could help break down the remaining nonsense, politically correct barriers at work by showing high productivity and family can complement each other.