It was no year of the women

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/03/lawless.women.election/index.html?iref=allsearch

It was no 'Year of the Women' reminded me of what kingmaking is when it comes to the issuing of campaign coverage. In this article, Jennifer Lawless talks about how this year women are running for U.S House and U.S Senate positions and how they are not being recognized as much as she feels they should be. Because many women are running for positions in the House of Representatives Jennifer believes that these women should recieve more coverage, especially since women running for office in the past has not been so common. In this particular article, the kingmaking refers to the Republican and Democratic male parties, and not the women. One of the reasons that Democrartic women are put below the kingmaking belt is because of the fact that they are up against anti-Democratic, anti-establishment electorates while representing 77 percent of the women in the house and the Senate. This would put Republican women representatives a little closer to the kingmaking belt than Democratic women, but not high enough to be "king made." It was predicted that the outcome of many Democratic women running for office would lose, which would put Republicans at a favorable spot. This preconceived notion of casting out women running for a position puts women at a disadvantage, especially favoring the Republican party. This also puts women at a disadvantage because there is the idea that why would anyone cover thier campaign when predictions were made and had accurate depictions of the race.