Mar 5, 2008 7:03 pm US/Eastern
Women (And Then Some) Answer Hillary's Call
Political Expert: 'Clinton Coalition' Back Out In Full Force
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
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Hillary Clinton waves to supporters during the Ohio primary rally in Columbus on March 4.
AP
Women voters helped Hillary Clinton win primaries in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.
How important is that?
Some say Tuesday night's victories re-energized her campaign enough to get her to the Oval Office.
A lot of men attended Clinton's victory party, but it was women voters who helped deliver the shock and awe attack that left Barack Obama licking his wounds.
In Ohio, Clinton won 58 percent of the female vote, including 68 percent of white women. In Texas, Clinton won 55 percent of women's votes.
"Women have the ability to put Hillary Clinton in the White House if they want," said Sonia Ossorio of the National Organization of Women. "The truth of the matter is we determined the last seven presidential elections."
But even with daughter Chelsea trying to get out the vote for her mother, the truth is Hillary's victory brought out the old Clinton coalition – blue collar workers, older voters, older women and people in suburban and rural areas.
"I don't think that Hillary Clinton should count in the remaining primaries on the women's vote," political consultant Norman Adler said. "I think she has to concentrate on the vote the Clintons have always been best at."
Regardless, women CBS 2 HD spoke with Wednesday were ecstatic.
"Us women have to stick together anyway," said Donna Tschervey of Bushwick.
"I'm gonna vote for Hillary, put her in that chair," added Tracey Stallings of Bed Stuy.
One thing that seemed to help Hillary was she did better than Obama with voters who made up their minds at the last minute.
And the success of her attack ads meant that her attack on Obama's national security background scored points with voters.
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