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9. Better worry liberal first. More Virginia Foxx's and Michelle Bachmans are not

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:12 AM

Feb 2012

much better than Gohmert or Issa.

Collins and Snowe are reachable because if they aren't they'd no longer be viable in Maine.

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We must work to elect more women to The U.S. Congress [View all] Tx4obama Feb 2012 OP

Funny, a friend of mine just said that on Facebook today. TheWraith Feb 2012 #1

I have been saying this for eons, here and elsewhere. MADem Feb 2012 #2

Not all female politicians are good... Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #3

That can be true, BUT ... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #4

The US lags far behind other parts of the world... Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #5

As the OP states, we have 100 senators in the U.S. Senate. Tx4obama Feb 2012 #6

I agree! kdmorris Feb 2012 #8

I thought that when I first read the headline Irishonly Feb 2012 #13

Error in the Wiki text: "women were first elected in number in 1992." Gormy Cuss Feb 2012 #10

The text says: " ... first elected in number ... " Tx4obama Feb 2012 #11

You're right. n/t Gormy Cuss Feb 2012 #12

No, we need to elect more feminists to office laconicsax Feb 2012 #14