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Lori Sturdevant: Women eyeing a run for (MN) governor
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Oct 10, 2005 09:38pm |
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| Category | Editorial |
| Media | Newspaper - Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul) |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As if on cue, here comes state Sen. Becky Lourey.
Finally, there's the prospect that when the candidates for governor appear on TPT's "Almanac," a skirt (other than Cathy Wurzer's) will be on the couch.
Before the senator from Kerrick said last weekend that she's "very, very serious" about making a second try for the DFL endorsement for governor, the absence of a female contender in the emerging gubernatorial lineup had not gone unnoticed, or unlamented.
More than a few Minnesotans, of more than one gender and partisan persuasion, have lately offered this writer their opinion that state government's recent difficulties might have been tempered, had a woman or two or three been in the top leadership circle.
If by that they mean that women have a corner on wisdom, virtue or civility, I don't buy it.
But if they mean (and I think they do) that women have life experiences different from those of men, and that to be truly representative of humankind, lawmaking bodies ought to amply include women, I'm with 'em.
What might have been different last session, if a woman had been a caucus leader or governor? Maybe nothing.
Then again, maybe someone who spent years resolving the conflicts that erupt in the back seat would have a clue about how to resolve a budget fight somewhere short of a state government shutdown. Maybe someone who habitually balances competing needs and demands in her family would better appreciate the value of win-win policy solutions, and not keep pressing for "we win, you fall on your face."
That notion got a warm reception -- naturally -- at the Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund luncheon in Rochester on Sept. 28. So did the hint that one who could fill the feminine void in state government's leadership ranks is the local state senator, Sheila Kiscaden. Her name was mentioned in the same sentence as the word "governor," to spontaneous applause.
"I'm listening," Kiscaden said in response. It's a well-practiced dodge, she admitted, |
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