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Women Political Bloggers: Are You On The List? If not…go here to have your political blog added.

I am pleased to announce that our list of women blogging on politics, has today reached over 300. When I started the list only a few weeks ago I had 100 blogs, and now thanks to so much participation by other women bloggers, we now have 316 women political bloggers on the list.

I would like to take this time to thank some of the many bloggers who have helped grow and promote The Political Voices of Women. Now, in no particular order…

• Today, Dee from Conservatism With Heart not only promoted the blog and our list, but used her post to send me over 25 links of blogs that were not yet on the list…Single-handedly bringing our list to over 300. Thank you Dee. Dee also posts at Grizzly Groundswell.

• Earlier in the week I was honored to be mentioned in an article at The Huffington Post…How cool is that? I did a post about it here, and this is the link to the article by Carol Jenkins.

• Jill Miller of Writes Like She Talks, did a very kind post supporting the list here. Thanks Jill.

• Faye Anderson of Anderson@Large, not only did a nice post promoting the list, but she was also my very first guest blogger at The Political Voices of Women. Thanks Faye.

• And since Faye’s guest post, I have also been lucky enough to have many other women contribute as guest bloggers…

Robin Gerber did a guest post here.

Sue from Nailing Jello to the Wall has done two guest posts…here and here.

Olivia Morgan from Women For Obama did a guest post here.

Sarah at One Mom’s View did a guest post here.

Heather Johnson from Moms4Mitt did a guest post here.

and our most recent guest post is by Julie at Moms Speak Up, and that post is here. Julie also promoted the site here. Thanks Julie.

Thank you to all of these wonderful women blogging on politics.

• Yankee Cowgirl also did a post promoting our list.

• Jenn from Ft. Hard Knox just did a very nice post here.

• Sandy from Around Des Moines just posted about the site, and she also joined our new community and even put a post up there too. Thanks so much Sandy.

• Deborah from Girl With Pen mentioned the site here.

• Amy from Georgia Women Vote did a nice post here.

• Mixter’s Mix, Modern English, sairy, Pondering Penguin, Mauigirl’s Meanderings, and opit, all have The Political Voices of Women in it’s blogroll. Thanks.

Thanks to all of these women (and the one man “opit“), for helping to make The Political Voices of Women the “go to” place for women bloggers, and people who want to know what they’re thinking.

I’m sure that I’ve missed many (and for that I’m sorry), so if you have done a post or added me to your blogroll please leave me a link in comments…And the next time I do a thank-you post, I will be sure to include you.

*I hope you will also consider joining our Political Voices of Women Community.

Women’s Media Center Introducing Progressive Women’s Voices — by Catherine Morgan

I was pleasantly surprised today, to find that my political blog “Informed Voters” was receiving incoming links from The Huffington Post. It seems Carol Jenkins wrote a post about women in politics, and my list of over 275 women political bloggers got a nod. As happy as I am about being recognized by The Huffington Post, the overall message of Carol’s post is an extremely important one…

“Don’t let your voice be silent. Let’s change the conversation together.”

The Women’s Media Center has created Progressive Women’s Voices, a new program to change the conversation and ensure that all of our voices are heard. Through this program, the Women’s Media Center will train, brief and support 15 progressive women whose stories and expertise are critically missing from the national debate.

The Women’s Media Center is seeking participants who represent diverse backgrounds, with experience and knowledge of specific subject areas and with strong communication skills which they will help to further develop. Full program details are available here.

We need your help now – to identify these women and give them a chance to receive the training and support they deserve.

So tell us: Who are the great women out there whose voices deserve to be heard, but who are not yet a part of the national dialogue? Leave your suggestions here, and we’ll make sure that the program information gets in their hands.

And if you’re reading this and think that you may be that woman, then let us know. Whether your expertise is war or peace, leadership, climate change, health care, or technology, chances are you follow the news, and realize that progressive women’s voices, like yours, are missing.

READ THE FULL POST BY CAROL JENKINS HERE

Healthcare Crisis: HMOs, Universal Healthcare, SCHIP, and the 2008 Presidential Election — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at BlogHer)

I don’t think I go one day without reading or hearing about someone facing medical issues, and not having adequate health insurance. Cancer patients who can’t afford their treatment, coverage denied for people with insurance, uninsured kids, and people who are working hard to support their families, and still don’t have health insurance.

Just the other day on my Women 4 Hope blog…I had a young man comment about being told he had sleep apnea, and that he needed a special devise to help him breath at night or he could die. Oddly, his insurance company won’t cover the cost of this piece of equipment. How can that be? This young man has resourcefully started a blog in hopes to find a used machine, or raise enough money to purchase a new one.

So, how is it…That we are the richest country in the world, but we can’t afford to make sure our own citizens have quality affordable health insurance? This is actually a question I intend to pose to the presidential candidates at the10 Questions project, later this weekend (I’ll post the video here in comments, once I have it ready).

It’s beginning to appear that…Only the wealthy, and most poverty stricken people in this country are guaranteed health care. If you are not at one extreme or the other, your life could very well be on the line. That just doesn’t seem right? Yet, it is the reality for many people.

I didn’t see the movie SICKO, but I have heard Michael Moore speak of his belief that the insurance companies (especially HMOs), are the main problem in this healthcare crisis we are facing. And I agree. Of course insurance companies need to be profitable, but over the last 20 years or so, they have really began a systematic pillaging of the American people. HMOs are said to be “managed healthcare”, but unfortunately the only thing they are doing a good job at managing, is their shareholders money.

These insurance companies have no vested interest in the actual health of the customers they “serve” (I use that word lightly), and actually make their own rules, while having no accountability at all. At the very least, HMOs should change their name to reflect what they really are…PMHDs (Profit Making Health Dictators).

READ FULL POST AT BLOGHER

It’s become a tradition for me to do a “video-recap” of the presidential debates. So, if you didn’t catch the debate (and who could blame you?), but you still want to know what went down….Just go over to Informed Voters and check out my video-recap.

Well…”I DID IT!”

Here is my first ever YouTube video, that I made for the 10 Questions project.

There is only three more days left to vote, so feel free to go over there and show me some love (you don’t even need to register, just click the green thumbs-up).

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You can also see my daughter’s video with the above link. If for some reason the links do not work for you. Just go to 10questions.com and do a search for “catherinemarie66″, both videos will come up then. And don’t forget…No registration needed to vote…they won’t even ask for your email address. Thanks so much.

My post for today is to encourage anyone who has a “web cam” and who cares about the issues facing our country…to make a video and submit it as a question for the candidates.

My post for tomorrow will be the videos that me and my daughter submit…we are still in the process of getting them online. I hope you’ll be encouraged to participate as well. 

I hope you’ll check out this post at “The Political Voices of Women“.

Morra is asking everyone to participate in the 10Questions Project. You can either make and submit your own video question, or just go over to the site and vote on your favorite questions. This is a great way for “we the people” to really get involved with this campaign.

Even though I’m camera shy, my daughter was brave enough to ask a video question…and now I decided to make one too. I’ll let you know when we post them…probably later today or tomorrow.

READ THE FULL POST HERE

Where are all the women political bloggers? Well, over 240 of them are now at my new blog…The Political Voices of Women.

So…I want to take todays post to tell everyone about my newest blog…The Political Voices of Women. From a list that began at just under 100 women blogging on politics, and has now grown to about 240, I have started a new blog. Each day I link to many of these women and their political posts.

Here is a taste of what you will find…

SCHIP and the Moral Bankruptcy of the GOP

Newly released ’snowflake’ memos from Rumsfeld…that were used to deceive the press and the people.

Video of Arianna Huffington on Countdown…about the trouble with Giuliani

Coulter…Insulting Jews, Women, and Political Bloggers

More Information Coming Out on Blackwater.

Video Recap of the Democratic Debate in Philadelphia

GOP and the Media are taking notice to Ron Paul

Voters Will Say Who Wins The Elections — Not The Media

Is Global Warming A Fallacy?

Cheney’s Plan To Attack Iran

Are you loyal to a particular candidate or party?

How do you explain poverty to a child?

Is Peace in the Middle East possible?

An Iraq Snapshot

and much more.

These are just a sample of what you will find. I hope you will check it out, and comment of issues that are important to you. All are welcome. Eventually, I will also be having even more women as both guest bloggers and regular contributors. So check back regularly.

You can also join our Political Voices of Women community.

O.K. This was my second post for NaBloPoMo, two down and twenty-eight to go!

A List of Over 200 Women Blogging on Politics — by Catherine Morgan

Last week I started a list of women who blog about politics, at that time the list was just under 100. I asked for others to send me links so I could add to the list, and am happy to announce that we are now at…OVER 200!

All kinds of women, blogging on all kinds of politics. Check-out the updated list here.

I never thought I would get such a huge response for simply putting together a list of great women bloggers, but it’s been a wonderful surprise. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this list, and please continue to send me links to other women blogging about politics…you can add them to the comments here.