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...Democratic pollster Celinda Lake calls them "Wal-Mart moms" and "Wal-Mart grandmas" and says they are not so much undecided as conflicted in making their choice this year. Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who served as chief strategist of Hillary Clinton's campaign in its final days, agrees. "Frankly, it's because they are conflicted on Obama," he says. "They'd like to vote for a Democrat, but they're not sure Obama is the one." The Democratic nominee has not yet made the sale with these female voters, in part because they have yet to be convinced...
...decide later how to vote and--older women especially-- are more active in midterm elections, all of which means they are central to Democratic attempts to make up for the men the party can't win in the upper South. Democrats are optimistic about swaying older women, says pollster Celinda Lake, because they "were among the most supportive in the early days of the war in Iraq and now are some of the most critical." While 54% of Southern women voted for Bush in 2004, a recent Associated Press poll found that only 32% of them approve of his handling...
...Senate may depend on it. To take back the Senate> in 2007, Democrats probably need to win two out of three races in the red state redoubts of Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. "In those Senate races the Democrats are going to lose the men," says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. "The question is will they win enough of the women to make up for it." Strategists in bo> th parties are parsing female demographics for advantage. Democratic strategists working in the Virginia and Tennessee races say married women are a key target group in both states, as they comprise a large...
...Talent has also made effective use of opposition research on McCaskill. During two debates last week he accused her and her husband, the owner of some 150 different businesses, of not paying their taxes. Negative campaigning works better on women voters than men, says pollster Celinda Lake, and late-day tactics may be crucial for Talent's hope of wooing women, because the environment is so hostile for Republicans. Shelly Bloomfield, 47, is an executive with a specialty pharmacy and the mother of two, who voted for George H. W. Bush. She says she's pretty much decided for McCaskill...
...tears yesterday, things fell apart for the Democrats. Advocacy groups opposed to Alito began criticizing the performance of the Democratic Senators in the hallways. And even Democrats publicly concede their side failed to mount an effective attack on the judge. "It was a missed opportunity," says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. This morning, Democratic attempts to target Alito's positions on abortion and civil rights got no more traction than before, and even Alito's concession that justices need "the ability to revisit" controversial cases, like Roe v. Wade, failed to provide usable ammunition for his opponents...