Keller @ Large: No One Can Relax In This Campaign
BOSTON (CBS) - So you think it's easy being a candidate for president? Think again.
John Kasich was talking to voters Monday about the grassroots support he got when he first ran for office back in the late 1970s, and he said "we just got an army of people, and many women, who left their kitchens to go out and go door-to-door and to put yard signs up for me."
Within minutes, a female supporter chastised him for it, saying "I'll support you, but i won't be coming out of the kitchen." And it wasn't long before his adversaries were piling on, prompting Kasich to beg for relief. "Everybody's just got to relax," he said.
Good luck with that plea.
In this campaign cycle, no one seems about to relax, especially women.
Did you see the video that made the rounds Monday of the 106-year-old African-American woman who danced for joy upon meeting President and Mrs. Obama?
She never thought she'd see a president who looked like her.
That's exactly how a lot of women feel about the fact that we've never had a female president. And while Hillary Clinton is far from supported by all women, I can assure you there are plenty of female voters still smarting over her loss to Obama eight years ago and determined to see that the glass ceiling in the White House gets shattered this time around.
It's not just human nature to want to resent social barriers to the promotion of your race, gender, or creed. It's what being an American is all about, the notion that those kinds of restrictions aren't tolerated.
So if John Kasich feels a bit unfairly maligned today, hey governor, sorry - but welcome to the club.
