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Hillaryism
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Jesse Taylor I do want to correct Ta-Nahesi here: I always thought the most telling detail about “feminists” who were insistent that Hillary be on the ticket was this claim that a Sebilius or McCaskill nomination for the VP slot would be the highest insult. What we see in that attitude is not so much feminism but Hillaryism. At this point, you can be a feminist or you can be a PUMA, but chances are you’re not both.  And that comes not just because the tiny movement is full of outsize ...

A Female Veep
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Coates points me to this post by Dana Goldstein: Sebelius, of course, would be the bold, unconventional choice -- very Obama. But by choosing a female running mate, Obama would, unfortunately, thrust the Hillary die-hards and their ever-more marginal discontentment back into the spotlight. That said, anyone who believes that only Hillary Clinton deserves to be the first female president or vice president doesn't deserve the designation "feminist." So I'd relish watching the reactions to a Sebelius nod, not only because such a choice would ...