Lakshmi Chaudhry, senior editor of AlterNet, suggests that John Edwards should be Kerry’s running mate, in order to take advantage of the gender gap, which tilts in favor of “bread and butter” issue Democrats.
The Democrats can keep pandering to the “crisis of masculinity” among disaffected white men. The truth is, however, that people who are afraid will likely always pick the illusion of strength embodied by Bush simply because it is that much more direct, simple and therefore powerful. Isn’t it wiser to reach out to a constituency that is more likely to see through what Goldstein describes as “cartoon virility”?
Well, that explains it all, the mystery of how George Bush, who comes across as a simpleton and a buffoon to most of the women I know, manages to keep such high poll numbers: this is America, where sheep are sheep and men are scared.