Presidential Candidates Women

A group calling itself Why Not a Woman? met recently in Boston, determined to try to find a way for a woman to become the Democratic Party's presidential candidate within the next 10 years. Good idea. Approximately 75 top Democratic donors and party organizers--all women--took a straw vote among themselves, just to see which woman immediately came to mind. The one who came to mind turned out to be Hillary Rodham Clinton. Not such a good idea. "God, no!" the first lady reportedly reacted.

Hillary Rodham Clinton for president? Last month in Boston, a new Democratic women's group distributed a straw ballot with the names of future female presidential candidates, Newsweek reported, and Clinton won the mock election as a write-in. Newsweek said the first lady later responded, "God, no!" when asked whether she would consider running. But she reportedly was flattered. The group, Why Not a Woman?, met to discuss a plan to get a woman to head the presidential ticket within a decade.