I love Lyn Chaney. I think Laura Bush is a wonderful contrast to what we have there now. Democrat Al Gore has attracted the female vote that accounts for more than half the US electorate by distancing himself from President Bill Clinton and by the kiss, the lengthy lip lock with his wife at the August Democratic Convention. History shows Republicans, especially a conservative like George Bush, have trouble with the women's vote. Cathy Dolan from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has made a study of women and politics in America.
Political scientists think that women tend to favour more government intervention in peoples lives.
They tend to favour slightly bigger government. So social security reform is very important. Education is always very important. And Republicans, at least you know in the last 10 or 15 years, have been talking about less government, smaller spending, less programs, fewer social programs and domestic programs. And that really is at odds with what women want government to do.