Obama campaign adds women to top ranks

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Anita Dunn (left) joined the campaign as a senior strategist, Stephanie Cutter (center) will serve as a senior campaign adviser and top aide to Michelle Obama, and Patti Solis Doyle (right) will serve as chief of staff to the vice presidential nominee.
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Obama campaign adds women to top ranks


By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 6/20/08 5:40 PM EST

After taking primary season criticism over the number of women in its upper ranks, the campaign of Barack Obama has significantly ramped up its hiring of women in senior staff positions.

The move appeared aimed, in part, at reversing what one top aide said was a "bit of a bad rap" for running a male-dominated campaign organization.

Prominent women activists said that, through the primary season, they had taken note of a gender imbalance in the campaign’s top echelon, particularly when compared to that of Hillary Rodham Clinton's operation, but were pleased to see the presumptive Democratic nominee hiring more women.

"We could have more, and I think there will be more," said Kate Michelman, a former head of NARAL Pro-Choice America who endorsed Obama in February after initially supporting former Sen. John Edwards. "There needs to be more. But I know that Sen. Obama also knows that and sees that and is deliberately and carefully doing that."

Anita Dunn, a consultant who joined the Obama campaign in February as a senior strategist, acknowledged a problem — but said it was one of perception, not reality.

"This campaign has gotten a bit of a bad rap, since the reality is, when the initial discussions were going on about whether he should run, there were women at the table," Dunn said. "At every key strategic meeting, there are women at the table whose voices are being heard. This is a campaign with a large number of accomplished women."

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1. Hell Yeah!!

[FrenchieCat]

2. Kewl!

[Median Democrat]

3. The Irony Is That MSM Also Criticizes Women Supporters As Traitors To Hillary

On the one hand, the pundits have attacked Obama for not quickly integrating former Hillary Clinton staff into his campaign.

On the other hand, when women, such as Solis Doyle, have joined Obama's campaign, they have been criticized by these same pundits for being "disloyal" to Hillary Clinton even though Hillary Clinton has endorsed the move.

Its almost enough to make you cynical about the talking heads who cover politics.