http://www.zecco.com/blogs/zeccoscoop/Powerhouse-Women.aspxEver since the Democratic and Republican Conventions, I have been thinking about how truly impressed I am by the strides women have made both in politics and business over the past few decades. In honor of this historic year I&#8217;d like to take a momenten-USZeccoServerhttp://www.zecco.com/blogs/zeccoscoop/Powerhouse-Women.aspx#40901Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:38:56 GMT67055c26-3fef-46fb-bf95-b7f879c3a598:40901MALeonard <br />Being from Nebraska, we have a history of &quot;trusting&quot; women... <br /> <br /> <br />=== <br />Kay A. Orr (R:NE) <br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_A._Orr">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_A._Orr</a> <br /> <br /> <br />&quot;In the 1986 election she defeated former Lincoln Mayor Helen Boosalis in the first U.S. gubernatorial election in which both major party candidates were women, winning by a 53% to 47% margin.&quot; <br /> <br /> <br />&quot;She was the first Republican woman to be elected Governor in the United States&quot; <br /> <br />So, she beat Gov Palin by 20 years. <br />=== <br /> <br />and there are currently plenty of women in the States Agencys &quot;Director&quot; postitions, <br />one of whom is my boss, the States CIO. <br /> <br />http://www.zecco.com/blogs/zeccoscoop/Powerhouse-Women.aspx#41351Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:30:47 GMT67055c26-3fef-46fb-bf95-b7f879c3a598:41351RangerLouToo bad Palin was selected to the McCain ticket. With so many other &quot;better&quot; choices why was she choosen? This one poor decision is an insult to all those talented, articulate, women in the GOP. Pretty scary to think Palin is just one heart away from having her finger on the nuclear button.