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GOP's Sexist Mad Men Worldview Threatens Women's Health
Tweet Share on Facebook February 28, 2012 Comment (12)LAKEWOOD, COLO.—The new season of Mad Men is upon us, but my mother, a fan of PBS and quality television, still can't bring herself watch it. Mad Men brings back too many bad memories for her of a time when women were second-class citizens, belittled on a daily basis. Many Republicans, on the other hand, seem to view Mad Men and its ritual humiliation of women as an instructive documentary. The Republican presidential field is in a race to the bottom on who can most obnoxiously turn back the clock to the pre-Griswold 1965. House Republicans don't think women are qualified to testify on their own healthcare.
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Rick Santorum's Colorado Win Shows Why GOP Loses Swing Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook February 8, 2012 Comment (2)LAKEWOOD, COLO.—A couple of quick takeaways from former Sen. Rick Santorum's shocker win in last night's Colorado caucuses: One, Colorado Republicans still can't get out from under their own base. They can't get a moderate to win in a primary and they can't get a social conservative to win in the general.
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Mitt Romney and the GOP’s War on Birth Control
Tweet Share on Facebook February 6, 2012 Comment (10)LAKEWOOD, COLO.–The night of the Florida Republican primary, Hotline National editor Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) Tweeted, "Romney line about religious liberty CLEAR reference to Obama health law on contraceptives. Sleeper issue in general."
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Susan G. Komen Foundation Plays Politics With Women's Lives
Tweet Share on Facebook February 1, 2012 Comment (23)LAKEWOOD, COLO.–As the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, thanks to political pressure, the nation's largest breast cancer charity, Komen for the Cure, is halting its grants to Planned Parenthood's health centers to help mostly low-income women with breast cancer screenings. The grants have provided 170,000 clinical breast exams over the past five years.
