E-MAIL from The White House Project
October 2, 2008
6:02 p.m.
Showdown in St. Louis:
Gender vs. Agenda
Tonight, eyes will be glued to TV sets across the nation for the
political showdown between Senator Biden and Governor Palin. Though
historic in its own right, the debate will not be a political first: in
1984, Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman candidate to hold her
own in a vice presidential debate against then-VP George Bush. In a
very personal blog on the Huffington Post, White House Project
President Marie Wilson recounts her experience, as a first-term
Councilmember-at-Large in Des Moines, watching the Ferraro-Bush debate.