Lifetime Networks, CosmoGIRL! and Declare Yourself Launch the Future Frontrunners Contest to Search for Tomorrow’s Madame President

Lifetime Networks, CosmoGIRL! and Declare Yourself Launch the Future Frontrunners Contest to Search for Tomorrow’s Madame President

NEW YORK — Lifetime Networks, CosmoGIRL! and the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization Declare Yourself, today announced the launch of the 2008 Future Frontrunners contest to identify and inspire the next generation of women leaders. The contest offers 16 lucky winners the once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet the country’s top women in politics at a Future Frontrunners summit during the Democratic National Convention in Denver or the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, MN.

To enter, contestants must submit either a written or video entry at myLifetime.com answering the question, “What would you do if you were president?” Winning entries will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges, including:

AP: Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama

By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Sat May 10, 10:31 AM ET

NEW YORK – No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America’s feminists, yet — despite Hillary Rodham Clinton’s historic candidacy — the women’s movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.

At breakfast forums, in op-ed columns, across the blogosphere, the debate has been heartfelt and sometimes bitter. Are the activist women supporting front-runner Barack Obama betraying their gender? Are Clinton’s feminist backers mired in an outdated, women’s-liberation mind-set?

Ellen Bravo is a Milwaukee author and activist who advocates on behalf of working women — and is an Obama supporter. She faults Clinton for her 2002 vote authorizing the Iraq war and believes the Illinois senator would be more supportive of grass-roots political action.