This just in from Emil’s List.

EMILY’s List is hours away from the August fundraising goal that will allow us to stay on track to fully fund one of our biggest WOMEN VOTE! programs yet, turning out nearly 6.5 million women voters — with a special focus on young, first-time voters — for Democrats up and down the ticket. I know you just made a contribution, and I can’t tell you how much your support means — to me and to all our women candidates. But with only 67 days left until November 4, it’s essential that we all do everything …read more

It really annoys me that people will underestimate or dismiss Oprah.

When you underestimate Oprah, you underestimate women.

You underestimate women politically and underestimate women’s impact on the economy.

Go ahead men, roll your eyes when we say “I saw it on Oprah.” Do your “pshaw” minimizing all you want to. Discount women’s impact on the word at large.

Who do all companies want to hawk their product? How do you guarantee success of a book or product?

Oprah.

Check out this story on Ad Age about what PR people think about the opportunity to be featured on Oprah.

Think about this economically dependent housewife: there …read more