"How the GOP Went Back to the 1950s in One Day"

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/how-the-gop-went-back-to-the-1...

Good read here about the Republican effort to impose way outdated sexual mores on contemporary women and how a Santorum backer revealed that the whole dust-up about contraception is indeed about how women should just stop being such sluts.

Will the GOP’s rhetoric Feb. 16 have ramifications felt on Nov. 6? The women on both sides of the aisle agreed that it could — and the polls back them up. After months of Republican fighting about abortion, and weeks of the GOP talking about contraception, Greg Sargent reported on a polling memo showing Obama was leading Mitt Romney 65-30 among unmarried women.

I'd love to see how this demo polls with Obama facing Santorum. I'll bet it's even more of a blow-out. I've been saying for a while that if they keep this up — continue to pass extreme abortion bills, work for a "Personhood" amendment, and now rail against contraception, something virtually every sexual active American supports — that this could motivate women, especially younger, single women who typically vote in lower percentages than most groups, to flock to the polls in November. And that would be bad news for Republicans.

It's like they can't stop themselves from leaping off a 100-story building. It's fascinating and weird. People may enjoy watching Mad Men on TV, but it's doubtful most people would want to go back and live there. As the communications director of Emily's List says in this article, “Darrell Issa, you are no Jon Hamm.”