Hillary, Sarah, Oprah and Michelle -- Bridge, anyone?

[toymachines]

Hillary, Sarah, Oprah and Michelle -- Bridge, anyone?
By Colleen O'Connor, SDNN

When I was in the Peace Corps, my Minnesota-born roommate taught me to play four-handed Bridge.

Bridge is a cerebral game.

Enter the most famous Bridge foursome in real world politics today: Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton.

Each of these women has enormous power and a loyal following. Their political hands are still inscrutable, but the opening bids have already begun.

Every recent poll indicates that America’s women will provide the political trump card in the next election cycle — with wars and health care in the forefront — and these four women will certainly influence that vote.

Oprah’s opening karmic bid

Let’s start with Oprah. In the poker equivalent of “all in,” Oprah, the richest of the foursome, has built up a huge television audience by being sympathetic, entertaining, and above all, “non-political” — especially on topics of concern to women... Read more

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-26/columns/hillary-sarah-oprah-and-michelle-bridge-anyone#ixzz0V9mHjQRJ

[Captain Hilts]

1. A VERY interesting, thoughtful piece. Thanks! The author co-published a major ER centennial book..

and, by the way, ER had to play a lot of cards on campaign trains...

The Brit version?

QEII, J. K. Rowling, Susan Boyle and Thatcher's racists daughter/Cheri Blair? Not many women in major political posts over there...

[Captain Hilts]

2. Wow. Someone UNrecommended this post. Can't have feminism on DU!