The GOP's gender problem

Timothy McNulty | November 9, 2009

We already know that Democratic women are upset, over the anti-abortion provisions in the health care reform bill. But things aren't so great for Republican women either, as this smart story from Politico notes:

Conservatives say they pushed Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York's 23rd District a week ago because of her left-of-Republican social views - and not because she is a woman.

But the growing schism between the Republican Party's ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones - and Scozzafava's departure raises fresh questions about the GOP's ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream.