Second is the rise of women as a force. They "are the drivers in this election cycle," Ms. Blackburn says. "Something is going on." At tea party events the past 18 months, she started to notice "60% of the crowd is women."
Why would more women be focusing more intently on politics this year than before?
Ms. Blackburn hypothesizes: "Women are always focusing on a generation or two down the road. Women make the education and health-care decisions for their families, for their kids, their spouse, their parents. And so they have become more politically involved. They are worried about will people have enough money, how are they going to pay the bills, the tuition, get the kids through school and college."
I think what they really don't like is that some Washington bureaucrat is trying to maneuver for the job of healthcare and education decision-maker. I mean "cost effectiveness" panels might come out of Obamacare that deem mammograms as "too expensive." I mean only women are effected so Dr. Brother of Rahm might cut them to "bend the cost curve." I would be willing to bet that cervical exams and other sorts of female-only procedures might get the "cost effectiveness" axe as well.
The bad part is that the feminist movement is basically leftist so they would carry Obama's water when it comes to this sort of thing. They won't be fighting for women as hard as the Tea Party 'mama bears" since they will be going up against their own party. I can see them closing ranks so Obama doesn't have to carry the burden of the hated ObamaCare around.
It is also going to be interesting on how these Tea Party women are going to tackle education once they get into power. I could easily see them breaking the power of the teachers unions like Chris Christie is trying to do in New Jersey. Any fiscal sanity they can bring to education will be long overdue.
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