Some of us wept, some of us cheered, some of us ate popcorn while Geena Davis was sworn in as president of the United States. After wiping away the tears, some of us went straight to our computers to fill out the MWP fantasy presidential poll. The results:
Most of you (79 percent) think it’s somewhat likely that a woman will run for president (in real life) in 2008, and even more of you (83 percent) believe that a woman will be on the ticket as a vice presidential candidate.
Exactly half of you hope Sen. Hillary Clinton (over Donna Brazile, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, Winona LaDuke and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice) wins the White House, and half of you believe she’s the most electable woman on that list.
There are some realists out there: nearly one-third of you (29 percent) would like to see Winona LaDuke become president, but none of you picked her as being most electable. Condi’s seen as the second most electable (25 percent) but only eight percent of you want her to be the country’s commander in chief.
About one-quarter of you would nominate Sen. Barbara Boxer of California for commander-in-chief; a few would give the nod to Oprah, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine.
Reader Comments
Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Article comment by:
Jason
I think the show is great. I get emotionally charged and truelly take an interest in each character, but in fairness I'm a dreamer. I don't believe a woman could or would be president because men are greedy, power hungry, ego crazed as a group. On the flip side, women can be very emotional, which can impact their choices when it comes to difficult situations.
Posted: Thursday, October 06, 2005
Article comment by:
Verner Johnson
I have now watched both episodes of the show. I find them tought provoking. Anything that would expand the mind of people, so that they honestly consider that a 'Woman' could and should be " Commander and Chief" is in itself enlightenment.
Posted: Thursday, October 06, 2005
Article comment by:
Lynn Goerdt
I just wanted to react to Jeff Penny's comments that if we found ourselves crying while watching Commander in Chief, it was "sad". I was one of those persons and thought it was fascinating that I reacted in such an emotional way, particularly because there were many aspects of the show that I also thought were lacking artistically. However, I found myself not only teary from seeing a woman take the oath of office but was very motivated by it. All this from a TV show, but one that touched me and made me want to work "that much harder" to get women elected to all levels of office. Watching this and reading Bolen's book, Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World has me moving. Thank you.
Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005
Article comment by:
Jeff Penny
RE: Commander In CHief If you were truly crying or Cheering at "Commander-In-Chief" I find that a little sad. I watched maybe the first half hour of CIC and found it somewhat lacking artisticly. Any artistic merits aside though the show, at least the first episode, hardly seems a feminist triumph. Despite the fact that IIRC a majority of Americans say they would vote for a qualified woman candidate for president the show, like Rod Luries film "The Contender" seems to assume that the only way a woman could become president is through tricks of law and not through electoral victory. True the premise of the show sets up some interesting conflicts between her and the people who think that she shouldn't be president, but those conflicts could be explored if she had won the presidency electorally. I think that by having her back doored into office it only reinforces the conventional wisdom that a woman is an untenable candidate as president.
