Lobby governors of Delaware and Illinois to appoint women to U.S. Senate

[Dems to Win]

Many women are deeply disappointed this year that there will be no woman in the White House. While we celebrate Obama's victory, we also continue to look forward to the first woman president. In order to elect a woman president, we need a big farm team -- we need to continue to work toward electing more women at all levels of government.

We need to have lots of viable contendersI have written to the governors of Illinois and Delaware, asking them to appoint women to replace Senators Obama and Biden. I invite others to do the same.

We increased the number of women senators by one on election day -- pretty slow progress. It would be great to add 2 more.

Governor Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware

http://governor.delaware.gov/comments.shtml


Governor Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois

http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm



The brief message I sent: (I figure there was no point in writing anything lengthy)



Please consider appointing a competent, qualified woman to the open U.S. Senate seat.

Woman made a net gain of one seat this election, but we continue to be far from half of the Senate. It would be terrific if we could add one more to the ranks.

Thank you for your consideration.

Best regards,

[mucifer]

1. you do realize with Obama out of the senate THERE ARE NO BLACK SENATORS.

That said, I would love to see Jan Sharkowski get the job here in IL. I'd also like Jesse Jackson Jr.

[Dems to Win]

3. I'm sure there are several great black women to choose from in Illinois.

[Frances]

2. I think the governors should nominate the best qualified

candidates whatever their gender or race

[Nia Zuri]

4. There have only been three black Seneators in the history of the country,

there are more women senators than that right now...okay

[Dems to Win]

7. Women are African Americans too! Let's find a good one

Anyone from Illinois know of a great black woman state senator?

[WiMu]

5. It should be the best qualified person

we just saw what you get when you use gender as the only criteria for choosing, we do not wish to go down that road again, do we.

[Dems to Win]

9. I expect the governors to appoint competent women they are familiar with. Not a Palin

[Nia Zuri]

6. There have only been three black Seneators in the history

of our country. There are more women than that right now. Okay?

[Dems to Win]

8. Why not look for a competent black woman? Why does it have to be JJ Jr?

[WiMu]

10. I got nothing wrong with it being a woman

what do you have against it being a man. Why? Because there are already men in the senate. So a qualified candidate should not be chosen because they happen to have certain parts other then someone else. This does not sound like equality to me.

[Dems to Win]

11. Because men are OVER represented in the Senate, and women are UNDER represented in the U.S. Senate