Leonore Blitz

Leonore Blitz, a bundler for Barack Obama and an advocate for women in politics, called to say she is picking up on what she considers a disturbing vibe among Democratic women in the New York business community: supporters of Hillary Clinton are considering voting for John McCain over Obama.

"I've been sensing an undercurrent in New York and then the Ferraro thing just set it off for me," said Blitz, referring to remarks Geraldine Ferraro made in Monday's New York Times.  read more »

We don't quite know where to start with this help-wanted ad from one of Virginia's consultants, Leonore Blitz, who is "seeking an intern to work full-time at a consulting firm and assigned to work with a client who is a New York City Mayoral candidate, the only female running in the Democratic primary."

Blitz, who was a major fundraiser for John Kerry, certainly has high standards: The job-seeker should be "an undergraduate or a 2005 graduate, preferably from an Ivy League or comparable caliber institution."

And that's not all: "Skills required include...poise and self-assurance."

But what really caught our eye was a certain lack of confidence in Fields's own prospects of making it to November:  read more »

"Length of internship would ideally be through September 20, 2005."