With female candidates competing in several high-profile races, the midterm elections prompted some pundits to dub 2010 a political "Year of the Woman." An article and two opinion pieces explain why these predictions faltered. ~ New York Times: Despite media attention on female candidates -- particularly on Republican women -- "2010 will not go down as the new Year of the Woman," according to a Times analysis of last week's midterm elections. For the first time in 30 years, the number of women in Congress will not increase as a result of the election. Although a record 128 Republican women filed for House runs, only 47 won their primaries, compared with 91 Democratic female nominees. Moreover, the female Republican candidates who attracted much of the media attention -- Senate contenders...