Wesley Clark and the Women's Vote

From the New York Times:

CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 8 — Gen. Wesley K. Clark has begun to show a softer side. Gone are his navy blue suit, red tie and loafers, replaced by argyle sweaters, corduroys and duck boots.
At many campaign events recently, a woman has accompanied the general, who is retired, to introduce him. Earlier this week it was the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. On Thursday General Clark was accompanied by Sherron Watkins, the Enron whistle-blower, who endorsed him here at a center for the elderly.

The Clark presidential campaign is also running a commercial featuring a female soldier who formerly reported to him. And it is sending out fund-raising letters from Madonna announcing her support "not only as a celebrity but as an American citizen and a mother."

Can politics in this country get any shallower? Are we to believe that women are so gullible or emotional that they won't vote for a politician in a blue suit, but they will vote for one in an argyle sweater? Have we reached a point where we take political advice from Madonna because she is a celebrity, citizen, and mother (forgetting, presumably, that she became a celebrity primarily via her sexuality, she lives in London, and her "mothering" includes hiding her lesbian television activities from her daughter? What a sad commentary on how politicians perceive the American electorate.