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Anne Kornblut of The Washington Post made an appearance on C-SPAN to answer questions about her book on the 2008 election.
Kornblut, a staff writer for the Post and author of Notes from the Cracked Ceiling, joined students from George Mason University, the University of Denver, and Pace University via video conference. Steve Scully, the political editor of C-SPAN, proctored the discussion.
The start of the discussion was a background on the book specifically how the landscape and media coverage has changed for female politicians in.
“In the span of one year, I reported on two of them (female candidates),” she said.
Kornblut then went on to explain that male presidential candidates are being much more cautious when taking on a female candidate. This led to the students asking about the future for female presidential candidates.
“People think they’re ready for a female candidate,” Kornblut said. However, Kornblut went on to say that there is no guarenteed female candidate that has swept the American public off its feet.
The progress made for female presidential candidates and the issue’s unclear future made the session very intriguing for all the students and faculty involved.