‘A Woman’s Place Is in the House’ — The White House

By Colleen O’Connor

Two years ago, in November of 2022, I wrote a column full of outlandish predictions that have since come true.

• First, that Kamala Harris would be named Vice-President. True.
• Next that Speaker Emeriti, Nancy Pelosi, would outlast Donald Trump. Ongoing.
• Third, that Kevin McCarthy would not last long as Republican House Speaker. True.
• Also, that Joe Biden would not be re-elected President. And neither would Trump. One down. One going.
• Finally, that Liz Cheney would be the first woman to become the GOP leader in the House, albeit still in the minority. Or secure a stellar Cabinet post. Attorney General would be fitting. “Without fear or favor,” Cheney has proved her character worthy of a high office.

My most outlandish prediction, that could become another “true” one, is that this so-called “close” election will be a “blowout” where the current 15% undecided voters (too fearful, or uncertain about their and their country’s future) will vote for “CHANGE.”

Giving Harris not just a huge popular vote win, but an Electoral College victory with room to spare.

I also predicted in three separate OBRag columns, as early as October 9, 2023, that “Women” would decide the 2024 election.

The ‘Angels in the House’ Will Decide the 2024 Election, Part 1

Women Will Win the 2024 Election, Part 2 from August 12, 2024.

2024 Election: ‘It’s the Women, Stupid.’ from April 10, 2024.

Almost a year after that first column, it has become common knowledge that women are moving the election.  The “shocking Iowa poll” released two days ago, by a “gold standard pollster,” shows V.P. Kamala Harris now leading Trump in a state he carried twice before.

From the Des Moines Register, “The poll shows that women — particularly those who are older or who are politically independent — are driving the late shift toward Harris.”

Wait for the results already baked in.  Watch for Liz Cheney’s formidable rise to continue.  And remember the cause of the shift—the Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade and Women’s reproductive healthcare rights.

To quote Shakespeare, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”

“This woman’s place is In the House,” was the campaign slogan of the first Jewish woman elected to Congress, Bella Abzug.  It was a feminist rallying cry that ridiculed the centuries’ old refrain to keep women “in their place.” Akin to chattel.  No voting, no education, no professional careers, no divorce, certainly no politics allowed.

At the time Bella Abzug ran for Congress there were only ten female members in the House of Representatives. Bella Abzug, 1920-1998: Activist for Women’s Rights.

Today’s 118th Congress has a record number of women.

So, yes. Women do “belong in the House:” The White House.