Ladies at Lunch

Yesterday I had the privilege to be present for the birthday party of a very wonderful woman who is involved politically and socially on a number of issues. Her friends were invited to come for a wonderful meal while I spoke to them about my novel, Scags at 7, which they had all purchased and read so we could talk about it.
What was truly amazing about this experience, beyond how they praised my book and who doesn't like to be told that their novel moved someone to tears, was how the conversation eventually wound its way to politics.
At that moment, seizing on the opportunity to promote the candidate I think is worth the most consideration, I started talking about Dennis' ideas about a Department of Peace. This novel and workable idea whose time is certainly upon us sparked a great deal of enthusiasm as well as support for Dennis. They all saw what it takes firsthand to keep a family together and keep the kids safe and these were women for the most part who are very comfortable financially and have a high level of accomplishment under all their belts.
What struck me as the best of this discussion was the way in which their own accomplishments as writers, artists, event planners, therapists, etc. coincided with more of Dennis' ideas than would immediately strike was as necessarily so. The other key component in the discussion was how hungry they were for an alternative to the usual suspects from Washington and the great gaping mouth for cash--no matter who it came from.
Their disillusionment with Hillary was so apparent because her name never came up. That struck me so much more after they had left than during the talk. Her name was never mentioned. It was as if to these highly successful women, her candidacy was just another re-iteration of what the men were doing so why bother even wasting your time speaking about it.
This goes to show, I do believe, just how much more widespread Dennis' support is than the main stream media is willing to report. There are of course many reasons for their concerted efforts to ignore him and the most apparent of these is that he does not attract the advertising dollars that a name like Clinton does.
I guess if we want the same old, same old as president in the next election, then we have a really long list of people to choose from and if we want someone new and daring and honest and smart, then we have one good candidate to talk about and to support.
The question still remains: Why not Dennis?