Posted on 09/16/2008 7:17:45 AM PDT by NewMediaFan
Two self described "hockey moms" launched a web site Tuesday called "Hockey Moms for McCain-Palin" to mobilize women in key battleground states to support the Republican ticket.
Kellie Boyle, 46, of McLean, Virginia and her longtime friend Adrienne Cordova of Philadelphia, Pa., are the co-founders of http://www.hockeymomsformccain-palin.com/ -- a web site targeting women in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia and Ohio -- key battleground states.
"Hockey moms are the new soccer moms," Boyle told ABCNews.com, "we're just moms who are excited about ticket who wanted to do something to support Sarah Palin to show that there is alot of support among middle-class , main street, suburban moms out there."
Boyle pointed to recent polls that suggest that women have swung their support from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to Republican John McCain since Palin joined the GOP ticket.
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll found a 20-point shift among white women from Obama to McCain. The latest Newsweek poll puts McCain over Obama among white women by 16 percentage points.
Boyle said the website isn't affiliated with the McCain campaign and she isn't being paid for her work.
"This is pure grass roots, this has nothing to do with the campaign," she said.
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I think Palin should campaign in PA and NJ and go to a Flyers’ game.
I’d miss a bet if Sarah Palin only was a “hockey mom” for Track, it would be cool if one or more of the girls played too. Yet another “fly-over country” thing the coastal elites would have a hard time wrapping their puny brains around!
Here in Canada I have found that too many `hocky moms`have ruined teams and even leagues with their `bulldog`approach. If the kids were just allowed to play and coaches to coach the majority of the things parents bitch about could be sorted out on the ice as it should be.
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