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Senator Dianne Feinstein of California argued, the new women Senators aren't driven by "testosterone" and "ego" and so can work more cooperatively with their colleagues. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

The "estrogen advantage" is no cure for gridlock

January 15, 2013 @ 1:53 pm (Updated: 9:53 am - 1/16/13 )

With more women elected to the Senate and House, giddy commentators have begun suggesting that more feminine perspectives could cure Washington gridlock.

As Senator Dianne Feinstein of California argued, the new women Senators aren't driven by "testosterone" and "ego" and so can work more cooperatively with their colleagues.

But when in history have women leaders proven so easy-going and collaborative?

Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir were fierce and formidable, noted for imposing their will on others, not compromise and cooperation. Closer to home, Nancy Pelosi spent four years as House speaker, but never reached successfully across the aisle: she didn't get a single GOP vote for Obamacare or the Stimulus package.

In the end, voting for a woman because she's female is just as ridiculous as voting for a man because he's male.

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  • irony wrote...
    thank you michael for confirming what i knew to be true
    January 15, 2013 3:52 pm
    i've worked for a republican supporting business woman and she was good to work with.
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    No kidding? So did I.
    January 15, 2013 4:37 pm
    She thought her breast implants gave her enough aptitude to run a mortgage company, and found out that nice knockers only work while climbing a ladder. She bought every word that W spewed and fired her employees based on their political preferences. The company faltered and failed and cost many google eyed investors a great deal of capitol, just like her little hero. She called talk shows and complained about liberals. I hope her back hurts.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    fartforce1
    January 16, 2013 9:40 am
    I don't think the country has ever lost a "capitol" not even during the war of 1812 did we lose "capitol."
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    gee- way to spell check!
    January 17, 2013 6:24 pm
    now if you only had a point!
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  • rational wrote...
    William Lawn
    January 17, 2013 9:14 pm
    Actually, I believe the British burned the White House at one point if I recall my history correctly.
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  • logical open mind wrote...
    I have heard 1 billion times how superior women are, how the world wou,ld be flawless, no poor, everyone singing and holding hands, however in business I have witnessed sisterhood
    January 15, 2013 4:41 pm
    going down in flames when it's women vs women competition. I find women bond when they compete against the evil male, but when men are out of the picture I don't see singing and hand holding at all. Plus women dont think all the same-DUH!! Many women are conservative, many women are against abortion. Yet another media, liberal created myth!
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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Women are more brutal
    January 15, 2013 5:00 pm

    I have worked for quite a few women, approximately 6 while I worked for the man in corporate america, only 2 that I can say that I actually respected and the executive board respected, it's not so much that they are bad to work for, I personally think that they let there personal feeling get in the way of good business.

    They will hold stuff against you for a long time, they will overlook you no matter how much money you make them, they would prefer to have some one to work with that is more agreeable and non-combative so to speak, then someone who will challenge them and make them more successfull, I guess tell them what they need to hear than what they want to hear.

    I can have a heated debate with a male boss and we can go have a beer after work, with the female, she's is going to have a microscope up my asszz, roll her eyes at me and not talk to me for months on end and they are even worse with each other, they will hate on each other just by how the other one look and/or if you don't fit there image, you can forget it as a women not fitting into her little click.

    Now if you get on there good side, it's heaven reincarnated and you have an ally for the rest of your life, I still have a high level boss trying to get me to come back and work for here in management.

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  • logical open mind wrote...
    sportsG-I have witnessed not with me but to men who dont "suck up" to women in the office, a united effort by these women to make the guys life at work as bas as possible.
    January 16, 2013 9:33 am
    This is why I am very guarded with women in the work place, very carefull what to say and not to offend. I keep a distance but am not aloof. Frankly, men who dont know this dynamic are fools. A women can make a ton of money on a harmless flitation and I have seen women do this. Boeing and other companies will not have a male manager and a women alone in a office without getting a third person to witness. I get along fine with women in the workplace but I always know they can screw me in a second if I falter or let my guard down. Personaly, for working groups that have to spend a lot of time together on difficult projects, an all male group is better because nobody needs to be on guard and the group is more loose. I speak from over 30 years experience in working in groups so the feminist can hollar all they want. Women plus laywers equals money, often big money.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Very strange commentary Mr. Medved
    January 15, 2013 3:55 pm
    Are you sitting in one of the two tubs hoping for the best? Pathetic.
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  • Drool wrote...
    I Don't Care Who You Are
    January 15, 2013 4:42 pm
    That was funny.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    I'm the real one Drool
    January 16, 2013 6:16 am
    And not AJ.

    See the difference?

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  • William Lawn wrote...
    @ Flounder
    January 16, 2013 9:36 am
    Oh yes, and I'm still chasing Moby Flounder
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Lawn
    January 16, 2013 9:44 am
    I am AJ McCarrell, the Flounder.

    He is forcing me to change my handle pictures often.

    I am AJ MCCARRELL typing this, not William Lawn.

    He has hijacked my handle.

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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Drool
    January 16, 2013 9:43 am
    Oh yes, I am actually AJ McCarrell the FLOUNDER. He is typing this because he hijacked my handle.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Drool
    January 16, 2013 9:46 am
    I am the real William Lawn, not the ridiculous hijacked AJ MCCARRELL one.

    Flounder

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  • logical open mind wrote...
    william lawn does indeed know strange-he wrote the book on strange.
    January 15, 2013 4:47 pm
    and the book on pointless posts on blogs.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    logical
    January 16, 2013 9:36 am
    No FLOUNDER wrote the book on strange. He is invading my brain like BLAW does.
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    That must of taken you all night to write.
    January 15, 2013 4:29 pm
    Such insight and clarity. WOW!
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    fartforce1
    January 16, 2013 9:37 am
    You would have a hard time thinking if Flounder was your night-nurse caring for you at the Sequim nursing home.
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  • Drool wrote...
    Pelosi
    January 15, 2013 4:48 pm
    What gridlock? Obamacare got passed.
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  • Drool wrote...
    Meanwhile Boehner
    January 15, 2013 4:44 pm
    Can't even get his own caucus in line.
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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Drool
    January 15, 2013 5:03 pm
    Ouch babe, real talk, I forgot about that.
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  • gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...
    He he
    January 15, 2013 9:01 pm
    you said caucus...
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    gaymarried
    January 16, 2013 10:04 am
    How about Secaucus?
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  • gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...
    lol.
    January 16, 2013 10:56 am
    i like New Jersey
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    women with mustaches
    January 16, 2013 9:43 am
    Democrat women have twice the testosterone as their male counterparts. Harry Reid wouldn't last 2 minutes in cage match with Janet Napolitano.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Kersey
    January 16, 2013 9:58 am
    I'd rather have women with facial hair than binders full of women.

    Flounder wrote this, not me.

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  • gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...
    Harry Reid rocks!
    January 16, 2013 11:05 am
    He looks like a wimp, but he's not. On the other hand, conservative women look like witches with a capital B and they are.
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  • Snout wrote...
    Women are great at reasoning and complex thought...
    January 17, 2013 2:11 am
    unless another woman is involved in the argument.
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  • Forrest wrote...
    Republican women have to look good...
    January 17, 2013 7:02 am
    So they can get their men to come out of the men's restroom at the airport.
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  • Seattle_CPA wrote...
    Women are superior
    January 22, 2013 8:17 am
    It would take 63 years to say "women are superior" 1 billion times. Substantially longer if you stop to eat , sleep, and go to the bathroom.
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