Salon.com Politics: "In the days after the November election, Democrats found themselves in despair on just about every front, but there was little else as alarming as this: The Democratic Party was losing women. Bill Clinton had a 16-point edge over Bob Dole among women; Al Gore had an 11 point edge over George W. Bush among women; but John Kerry beat Bush among women by only 3 percentage points. Combine that trend with a lot of male hostility toward Democrats, and you come up with a pretty red view of the future.

But are things starting to change? Maybe. As we move further and further away from 9/11, as the war in Iraq -- at least sometimes -- takes a backseat to domestic issues like Social Security, health care and the price of gas, there are signs that voters, and women voters in particular, are ready to think again about the Democratic Party."

(Via Salon.)