Executive bids haven't favored women, perhaps until now

By Carl P. Leubsdorf / The Dallas Morning News

Once again, we are seeing how women nominees create excitement in presidential politics. But in the past, it’s mostly worn off by Election Day.

Kamala Harris and the Democrats hope this time will be different, but it’s too early to know.

The vice president’s nomination marks the fifth time in the last 40 years that one of the two major political parties has put a woman on its national ticket. But in all but the most recent case, when the then-California senator joined Joe Biden on the winning 2020 Democratic combo, that instant excitement dissipated by Election Day; twice involving the Democrats, once the Republicans.

Remember Sarah Palin? Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s unexpected choice of the 44-year-old Alaska governor to join the 2008 GOP ticket baffled many Republicans, since she was unknown outside political circles.

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