Another week has past and the GOP hasn’t changed,…..

Their continued War on Women,…………..

Leaving them out of the picture, is the way they really feel about women.

After a day of meetings closed to the public, the House Republican Steering Committee announced an all-male slate of committee chairs, including 12 returning lawmakers who will head up some of the most important panels in Washington.: House committee chairs all men

But guilt or maybe public opinion changed their simple minds for the time being.

After enduring negative headlines that all of the House Republican committee chairmanships will be filled by men in the next Congress, Republicans have found their woman.

NBC News has learned that Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) will be named chair of the House Administration Committee. Miller did not serve on the committee during the 112th Congress.: After criticism, GOP adds woman to chair House committee

Choice. You no longer have one in Mississippi.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization — the only abortion clinic in the entire state of Mississippi — has been fighting to remain open after Republican legislators, aiming to force the clinic to close, passed a restrictive regulation requiring its doctors to secure hospital admitting privileges.: Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Could Be Forced To Close In January

The New GOP Outreach Program,……………..

They must be so proud he’s sticking to the program.

Echoing Mitt Romney’s now-infamous complaint that Obama won by handing out “gifts” to women and minorities, King told radio host Janet Mefferd yesterday that Republicans should not fixate on winning back the Hispanic vote because Democrats can always counter offer with “a great big check.”: Steve King: Democrats Will Win Over Hispanics By Giving Them 'A Great Big Check'

The Rethugs helping hand.

The suit, filed in a federal district court in Arizona, accuses Gov. Jan Brewer (R) and officials at the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) of singling out Latino immigrants who received two-year visas as part of President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, which he signed into effect over the summer.

But under an executive order signed by Brewer in August, said Karen Tumlin, managing attorney for the Los Angeles office of the National Immigration Law Center, DACA participants are specifically barred from being eligible for drivers licenses, even though the program provides Social Security numbers and work permits, which are normally accepted by ADOT, even for non-residents.: ACLU sues to force Arizona to offer licenses to deferred-deportation immigrants

Other GOP news,……………….

Norquist is still a putz.

Every day, more Republicans in Congress are backing away from Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquit’s anti-tax pledge. For more than 20 years, the pledge, which stipulates that those who sign will never — under any circumstance — vote to raise taxes while in Congress, has virtually been a requirement for Congressional Republicans. According to ATR, just 16 of the 234 House Republicans and 6 of the 45 Senate Republicans that comprise the 113th Congress did not sign the pledge.: Forty-Four Congressional Republicans (And Counting) Have Distanced Themselves From Norquist's Pledge


Crazier than the week before.

Appearing on Frank Gaffney’s anti-Muslim radio show, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) launched into a lengthy tirade criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to provide air support in the international campaign against Qaddafi last year. Rather than acknowledging that Obama launched the mission to stave off a looming massacre in Misrata, the Texas Republican saw a hidden, pernicious reason for the intervention. “This administration sent planes and bombs and support to oust Qaddafi so that al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood could take over Libya,” said Gohmert.: GOP Rep. Floats New Conspiracy Theory: Obama Ousted Qaddafi

Arizona helping their citizens.

Arizona is just the latest in a long line of states to officially decide to leave the management of their exchanges up to the federal government. Frankly, I consider this a positive development. Would anyone really want to use an exchange created and run by Brewer, an unwavering opponent to the Affordable Care Act? At least the federal exchange will be run by people who have a vested interest in trying to make them work.: Arizona Won’t Build Its Own Health Care Exchange

What is with these people?

Perhaps you don’t remember Mel Reynolds? Allow us to fill you in. During the 1990s, when everyone wore awful pants and angst rose rapidly alongside the economy, Reynolds defeated Rep. Gus Savage for Chicago’s 2nd Congressional seat, the same spot he hopes to fill in Jackson Jr’s wake. He had lost two previous elections against Savage, but by 1992 allegations had arisen that Savage had done that thing politicians can’t help but do — he engaged in sexual misconduct, forcing himself on a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire. Two years after this election, Reynolds was himself accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16 year old campaign intern.: Chicago’s Favorite Underage-Sexytime Congressman Wants Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Job Please

Florida’s vote suppression.

Film star Christian Slater live-tweeted his nightmarish voting process in Florida on Election Day. Even as a celebrity, Slater had to endure the same hours-long lines as other Florida voters. Once he finally made it to the front of the line, Slater was told his DMV registration was out of date and he had to cast a provisional ballot. Today he received a letter informing him that, after all that trouble, his vote was discarded.: Florida Rejects Christian Slater's Ballot


Leave it alone!

Conservationists and wilderness enthusiasts across America are mobilizing to defeat a bill passed by the House of Representatives in April that would eviscerate the 1964 Wilderness Act.

Deceptively entitled the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, the bill (H.R. 4089) purports to protect hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. The bill is being pushed by powerful groups like the National Rifle Association and Safari Club International and supported by some of the most anti-wilderness Republicans in Congress.: GOP-backed bill is most serious attack on America’s Wilderness Act in history

Thank goodness they didn’t win.

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) reiterated his call for restructuring entitlement programs like Medicare, highlighting the “very painful cuts” he has proposed as part of a package to avert the fiscal cliff. Corker 242-page plan calls for a Paul Ryan-like proposal to transform the guaranteed Medicare benefit into a voucher plan for beneficiaries.: Republican Senator Demands 'Very Painful Cuts To Medicare'


Related to the article above: After Promising To Preserve Medicare For Current Retirees, GOP Demands Immediate Cuts In Fiscal Cliff Talks

They don’t care.

“The Republicans are in real risk now of looking like they’re defending keeping the current tax rates for the wealthy — the Bush tax rates for the wealthy — and right now the official Republican position is let the payroll tax rate go back up by 2 points. That is a 2 percentage point increase on every American, but it’s a — Republicans care about marginal rates — it’s a marginal increase on everyone making less than $100,000 a year.”

“At the end of the day, President Obama is selling a very simple message, ‘I want to keep taxes low for middle-class Americans,’ and Republicans look like — I’m worried are in the position of looking as if they don’t care about the middle class and just want to keep tax rates low for wealthy Americans.”: Bill Kristol: Republicans look like they ‘don’t care about the middle class’


Rick (not every child needs a college degree) Santorum has found his calling.

Rick Santorum has joined WorldNetDaily, a conspiracy theory blog best known for its indefatigable work advancing the birther movement, as an exclusive columnist.: Santorum To Write Column For Right-Wing Conspiracy Website

Can we give them (in exchange for their property) ½ of Alaska (East side, without any mineral rights) and be done with them?

Twenty five percent of registered Republicans want their state to secede from the United States, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling.: One Quarter Of Republicans Want To Secede

Birther Lawyer Orly Taitz Does Not Seem To Be Very Good At ‘Law’

Mr. Kerry is quick.

At a press conference urging the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) jokingly referred to his colleague Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) as “Mr. Secretary.”

“Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary,” McCain said following Kerry’s remarks on the treaty.

But Kerry was armed with a comeback. After McCain gave his speech, Kerry took to the podium and said, “Thank you, Mr. President.”: McCain calls Kerry ‘Mr. Secretary,’ Kerry responds ‘Thank you, Mr. President’