Sunday Shows 2/21/10

NBC Meet the Press

General David Petraeus, Commander, U. S. Central Command; Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN); E.J. Dionne, Columnist, Washington Post; Peggy Noonan, Columnist, Wall Street Journal; Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Chairman, House Republican Conference; Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chairman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

5 men, 1 woman

ABC This Week

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Gov. Edward Rendell (D-PA), George Will, Donna Brazile, Arianna Huffington and Matthew Dowd

4 men, 2 women

CBS Face the Nation

Gen. Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State

1 man

Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

1 man

CNN State of the Union with Candy Crowley

Governor Jim Douglas, Deval Patrick, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN)

3 men

Total: 14 men and 3 women, 82% men, 18 % women

Sunday Shows 2/14/10

NBC Meet the Press

Vice President Joe Biden, David Brooks, Rachel Maddow, Fmr. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN), Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL), Deputy Republican Whip

4 men, 1 woman

ABC This Week

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, George Will, Peter Beinart, Paul Gigot and Jane Mayer

4 men, 1 woman

CBS Face the Nation

Vice President Joe Biden

1 man

Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace

National Security Adviser Gen. Jim Jones

1 man

CNN State of the Union with Candy Crowley

National Security Adviser General Jim Jones and Senator Jon Kyl

2 men

Total: 12 men and 2 women, 86% men 14% women

Sunday Shows 1/31/10

NBC Meet the Press

David Axelrod, Senior White House Adviser; Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), House Republican Leader; David Brooks, Columnist, New York Times; David Faber, Anchor and Reporter, CNBC; Eugene Robinson, Columnist, Washington Post; Mort Zuckerman, Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World Report

6 men and 0 women.

ABC This Week

Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown, Fox News' Roger Ailes, George Will, Paul Krugman, Arianna Huffington

4 men and 1 woman

CBS Face the Nation

Governors Haley Barbour (R-Miss.), Ed Rendell (D-Penn.), Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) discuss partisan politics. Plus; a roundtable with Politico's Jim VanderHei and Washington Post's Anne Kornblut. And; Bob Schieffer on what Americans really want.

5 men and 2 women

Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.); Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.); Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); journalists Bill Kristol, Mara Liasson, Charles Krauthammer and Juan Williams join this week's panel.

7 men and 1 woman

CNN State of the Union with John King

Interview With Governors Barbour, Patrick; Interview With Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

3 men and 0 women

Total: 25 men and 4 women, 86% men 14% women

Sunday Shows 1/24/10

NBC: Meet the Press with David Gregory

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky [R] and senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett. Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. BBC News America Washington correspondent Katty Kay.Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd.

3 men and 3 women.

ABC: This Week (with Terry Moran)

Senior White House advisor David Axelrod. Senator Jim DeMint [R-SC]. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Senator Robert Menendez [D-NJ]. Roundtable discussion with George Will, Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson, and political strategist Matthew Dowd.

6 men and 1 woman.

CBS: Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer

Senator John McCain [R-AZ]. Senator Richard Dorbin [D-Il]. Roundtable discussion with CBS News correspondents Nancy Cordes and Jan Crawford discussing the controversial Supreme Court campaign ad ruling.

2 men and 2 women.

Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Senator John Cornyn [R-TX]. Roundtable discussion with Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume, NPR and Fox News contributor Mara Liasson, the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol and NPR’s Juan Williams.

5 men and 1 woman.

CNN: State of the Union with John King

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Senator Robert Menendez [D-NJ]. Senator Orrin Hatch [R-UT]. Senior White House advisor David Axelrod. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta will discuss the latest developments from Haiti. Pollsters Celinda Lake and Neil Newhouse will discuss the Massachusetts Senate race upset and more. The last word goes to Senator Richard Shelby [R-Alabama].

6 men and 1 woman.

Total: 22 men and 7 women, 76% men and 24% women.

Cheers to NBC and CBS for featuring the same number of women and men!

The Press Release I Wish We Had Issued

Then There Were 18: Martha Coakley’s Victory in Massachusetts Means that More Women than Ever Before Now Serve in the U.S. Senate

Washington, DC – American University’s Women & Politics Institute (WPI) applauds Massachusetts voters and Martha Coakley for making history. Coakley, the attorney general in Massachusetts, will be the first woman Senator from Massachusetts and the fifth woman ever to join Massachusetts’ congressional delegation. Coakley’s election brings the total number of women in the U.S. Senate to an all-time high of 18.

Dr. Jennifer L. Lawless, Director of the Women & Politics Institute, recognized the significance of Coakley’s win, but tempered her enthusiasm by reminding us that U.S. political institutions are dominated by men. “Martha Coakley’s victory is an important step forward for women’s representation,” Lawless said. “Yet when Senator-elect Coakley is seated, 82 percent of the members of the U.S. Senate will still be men. Eighty-five nations surpass the United States when it comes to the percentage of women in the national legislature. We can and must do better.”

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It's hard not to be disappointed by Martha Coakley's defeat. If only...

The good news? Last night's election reinvigorated discussions about the state of women's political representation. Search the web and you'll find articles and arguments from all kinds of sources: from Politico to the Daily Beast, Mediaite to Newsweek, and many more.

Many people are shocked to learn that there are only 17 women in the U.S. Senate. "Don't women make up more than half of the population?" a friend recently asked. I reminded him that women also vote more regularly than men. "17? Really?"

Yep. Only 17.

Thanks to the media coverage that Massachusetts attracted, a few more people out there now know that startling statistic.

If we want more women to serve, we need more women to win because when women run, they are just as likely as men to win.

Martha Coakley might not be number 18, but some other woman out there most surely is. Are you out there number 18?