GOP Is Fielding More Minorities, as Well as Women, for Office
We've heard a lot this year about high-profile Republican women -- from Sarah Palin (not on any ballot, but virtually omnipresent), to Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman on the West Coast, to Christine O'Donnell and Linda McMahon on the East Coast. Much as been made about the Tea Party's influence, the role of religion, Palin's endorsement magic, the ability of women to raise (and spend) big money (with a debt of gratitude to both Palin and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton). But there's a storyline we're overlooking this year: The diversity of the Republican field. Overall, 14 ...
Primal Scream in Arizona on Immigration: Will Dems Deliver in Washington?
I was with some Republican elected officials when Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona's controversial new immigration statute. There was an audible gasp – like a collective punch in the stomach. Let's make it clear: this legislation invites abuse and diverts local law enforcement to perform what should be a federal duty. It is a primal scream of frustration by the people of the state of Arizona. Attorneys I trust have told me that it's likely to be blocked from taking effect almost immediately by court action. Even as a non-lawyer, I can imagine all kinds of situations where this new ...
A Conservative Woman Asks: How Seriously Should We Take Sarah Palin?
Sarah Palin is a lightning rod. Her plain-speaking, common-sense approach to the issues of the day has people on both sides of the aisle up in arms. "We can't understand why a thoughtful or reasonable person," one liberal blogger told me, "would take their time to defend her. Now you and those who legitimize her imbue her with a certain degree of seriousness that no one on the left is willing to give her." At the same time my friend, Vicki Vasques, who recently stood for election to the Virginia House of Delegates, lamented prior to her campaign that she feared she would be – as a ...
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