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CNSNews.com Headlines: Newspaper Roundup for Monday, November 9, 2009
The Caucus: The Early Word: Calendar Crunch
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Republicans Have a Growing Women Problem
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@reneehulshof if the data is any indication, conservative men are also really afraid of conservative women http://bit.ly/1dl16q 19 days ago |
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RT @buzzflash: GOP's women problem, Like Except for the AK Pit Bull, It's a White Male Society of Sexist Thugs. http://tinyurl.com/ye2lwjr 21 days ago |
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GOP's women problem, Like Except for the AK Pit Bull, It's a White Male Society of Sexist Thugs. That Problem? http://tinyurl.com/ye2lwjr 21 days ago |
Newspaper Roundup for Monday, November 9, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Politico: Women could spell trouble for the GOP Schism between GOP's right wing and moderate core has gender undertones Washington Times: ...
The Early Word: Calendar Crunch
The Caucus —
... , looking at whether last Tuesday’s election victories signal a revival of the party or were simply a blip. Meanwhile, Politico details the shrinking numbers of moderate Republican women in office in the wake of the Dede Scozzafava rumble in a special congressional election. Court on Juvenile Sentencing: The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in the cases of ...
Republicans Have a Growing Women Problem
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Politico notes that the "growing schism between the Republican Party's ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones" which "raises fresh questions about the GOP's ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream." ...
The ongoing GOP campaign to drive women away
Political Animal —
... , but it was also a reminder of a larger truth -- congressional Republicans seem to be going out of their way to push women away . While Republicans scored a pair of impressive electoral victories in New Jersey and Virginia with solid support among female voters, the events of the last week offer harbingers of serious trouble ahead with the largest swing voter bloc in the country -- women. [...] Democrats have long maintained that the Republican Party is hostile to all but the most conservative women, and they cited last week's rough-and-tumble House health care debate as ...
Republicans Have a Growing Women Problem
The Political Carnival —
... Politico notes that the "growing schism between the Republican Party's ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones" which "raises fresh questions about the GOP's ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream." ...
'Top Line' Book Corner: 'You've Come a Long Way, Maybe' by Leslie Sanchez
The Note —
... Politico.com today raises a provocative -- and seemingly perennial -- question: Do Republicans have a "women problem"? ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... among conservatives – were commissioned by the Republican-led Congress in 2005 and approved by President Bush. On the bright side, these people will be taking an express elevator to hell when they finally stop wasting oxygen on earth. Three American hikers are now facing espionage charges in Iran. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Someone in the traditional media gets around to wondering about the "GOP's women problem." For anyone ...
Oh, Yes, Blogging!
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... The GOP has a woman problem. We shouldn’t make too much of this, because they also have a black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, Northeastern, Jew, Arab, Muslim, West Coast and future alien visitor from another planet problem as well. But it’s not so much that they have an issue with women as voters, elected officials and people as it is that they have these issues yet have managed to make them into the same sorts of considerations that would govern a candidate pulling advertising or hiring a new campaign manager. It’s simply tactical to reduce ...
Politico: Republicans Hate Women For Not Tolerating RINOs, Or Something
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Politico:
Conservatives say they pushed Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District a week ago because of her left-of-Republican social views — and not because she is a woman.
But the growing schism between the Republican Party’s ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones — and Scozzafava’s departure raises fresh questions about the GOP’s ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream.
While Republicans ...
Politico: Conservatives Hate Girls
Say Anything —
Or something like that anyway.
Conservatives say they pushed Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District a week ago because of her left-of-Republican social views — and not because she is a woman.
But the growing schism between the Republican Party’s ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones — and Scozzafava’s departure raises fresh questions about the GOP’s ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ...
Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... state Assembly district in western New York, says the defection of party elders like George Pataki to her more conservative opponent Doug Hoffman reminded her of the GOP’s bad old days in the mid-1970s.“‘I started my career in politics in 1975. … I went through that,’ Duprey told the Albany Times-Union. ‘I had some people who felt that a woman should not enter politics, a woman should not run. … I hope that we’ve moved beyond that point. But I have to tell you, watching this go on, I’ve had some déjà vu back to 1975 .’ “‘It has been very difficult to watch,’ she added. ‘You ...
Conventional Stupidity
Shot in the Dark —
“Conservatives hate women” is conventional wisdom… …among people who aren’t all that wise - in this case, Politico’s Meredith Shiner and Glenn Thrush: But the growing schism between the Republican Party’s ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones — and Scozzafava’s departure raises fresh questions about the GOP’s ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream. While Republicans scored a pair of impressive electoral victories in New Jersey and Virginia with solid support ...
Conventional Stupidity
True North - Pointing Minnesota in the Right Direction —
“Conservatives hate women” is conventional wisdom…
…among people who aren’t all that wise
- in this case, Politico’s Meredith Shiner and Glenn Thrush:
But the growing schism between the Republican Party’s ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones — and Scozzafava’s departure raises fresh questions about the GOP’s ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream.
Tuesday Open Thread
Delaware Liberal —
It’s Tuesday, but not just any old Tuesday. It’s Jefferson Jackson Tuesday. It’s freaking Bill Clinton Tuesday! I’m beside myself with excitement for tonights event. So let’s get started threading. I found this ...
More On the GOP’s "Woman Problem"
Utah Policy - Politics, Communication & Government Relations —
... an article by The Daily Beast that said the GOP's domination by conservatives, evangelicals and Southerners prevented the party from grooming a new generation of women leaders. Now, Politico takes note of how the growing schism between the party's right wing and moderates has gender issue undertones. The ouster of moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava in New York's 23rd district raises real questions about whether the party can recruit electable women candidates. "Women tend to have a more practical, less ideological way of approaching life and, therefore, approaching ...
Building a bigger tent
WTF Is It Now?!? —
As wingnut conservaturds gain power in the GOP they're alienating women. Not to mention blacks. And Hispanics. And young people, poor people, and hell, you know what -- they're alienating everybody but rich old white guys and total dipshits. ...
