This weekend I discovered the answer to all of our problems!

OK, not ALL of our problems, but maybe a few.  Banding together instead of lamenting alone in the privacy of our computer rooms is the way to get some real political change happening in this country.

I attended the BlogHer Conference in Chicago this past weekend and spent hours upon hours not only in the seminars about blogging, but also networking and meeting with a good segment of the 800+ women who attended.  You heard me — over 800 women (and a few brave men!) who wanted to meet and learn more about harnessing the power of their blogs.

So I started thinking — there must be tens of thousands of women with blogs, probably more.  How powerful would it be if we could tap into that to transform the discussion of issues for the 2008 Presidential election? 

Face it — we’re a powerful demographic, or at least we should be.  If the presence of major advertisers at the conference is any indication, I’d say the presidential hopefuls should be beating a path to our doors to see what we’re thinking about the issues.  After all, in the last two elections, women were over half of the voters who turned out.  That means we’re in the majority ladies!  How can we make our majority status a voice to be heard?

Having said all that, I was disappointed that the political track discussions were not very well attended at the conference.  Out of 800, only about two dozen showed up to hear NOW President Kim Gandy talk about getting our voices heard in 2008.  Why is that?  I know that for many, politics with a capital “P” isn’t “their bag, baby.”

Even if politics isn’t everyone’s bag, if we could convince a few more to make it a little pouch, maybe our voices would be a little louder than that of a Who at election time.