At this year's BlogHer conference, I spent today at a special session jointly presented by BlogHer and The White House Project, designed to help women bloggers think about taking the next step on their issues by running for public office.

I went to this advance session because -- in my view -- public speaking's a major hurdle for any woman candidate.  It's tough to get elected without speaking up and speaking to groups.  And for women, there's the low proportion of female...