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Although much has been made of Florida voting squabbles, the real news from last week's election may be the significant gains made by women, according to several speakers at a Radcliffe Public Policy panel attended by about 80 people last night...
...Grimley, a Nieman fellow and Washington Post staff writer, said that the candidates had all but ignored certain regulatory issues, such as minor changes in the tax code, which could have a disproportionate effect on women. For example, there has been discussion of lengthening the 40-hour work week and changing the definition of an independent contractor...
Generating a laugh, Ireland worried that "Electile Dysfunction" would become the catch phrase of last week's election. Referring to signs at Republican protest rallies saying 'Democrats are Too Dumb to Vote,' she said there had been "a great deal of ageism" in the controversy surrounding Florida voting results...
...electoral process anyway. Unless you're a constitutional lawyer and a superb statistician, when the Sunshine State finally does figure out who the next President will be, you won't be able to understand how he was chosen. Sheesh. It is a nationwide anti-climax and frankly, after a week of "too-close-to-calls," we're getting a little frustrated...
...Florida, both the Dow and NASDAQ have been going about their bargain-hunting unperturbed by the legal and political quagmires in the Sunshine State. Both indexes posted steep three-digit gains Tuesday. On Wednesday the buyback continued - apparently some investors see an end to the Florida mess by next week...