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. Full Story »
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Well contextualized look at the position of Republican women in the wake of the debacle in New York's 23rd congressional district. This article portrays the lack of women in the GOP as a symptom of the party's deeper ideological problems.
Interesting report about a possible gender bias within the Republican party. This article points to several recent developments to suggest that moderate women are not being recruited by the GOP's growing conservative movement. While some of this seems speculative, the report cites some factual evidence and perspectives across the political spectrum to back its points.
Thrush provides a light tour of republican women having trouble being women in an extreme right wing party.
The underlying question from this piece is certainly worthy of exploration, but trying to ride this horse based on the Scozzafava race seems pretty sketchy to start. Plus, with Palin and Bachmann as two of the poster children for the conservatives, there needs to be more than anecdotal material to support the thesis that there's "clear gender overtones" to the scuffling.
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