Campaigning for Mannequins: The GOP's "Adapt-a-Suit" Program

A New Firm Sets Out to Secure Women’s Votes for a Vulnerable G.O.P. (The New York Times, 11/11/2013)

Excerpt: Given Democrats’ repeated and successful efforts to portray Republicans as hostile to women, Ms. Gage and two other consultants are starting a political strategy firm [not to be confused with this, this or this] to help the party’s candidates better tailor their messages to women.  (Bold highlight added.)

Merriam Webster

Not-quite-related reading.  Mannequins Give Shape to Venezuelan Fantasy (The New York Times, 11/6/2013) as Burning Glass gives shape to its own.

An Unintended Consequence of Redistricting

For 2014, G.O.P.’s Challenges Stem From Within. (The New York Times, 11/10/2013)

As quoted.

The GOP is even considering some changes to its nomination process.

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Rep. Kerry Bentivolio in the News Again

For 2014, G.O.P.’s Challenges Stem From Within.  (The New York Times, 11/10/2013)

Excerpt:    On the other side of Michigan, Mr. Bentivolio is an accidental congressman, elected last year after the popular Republican incumbent, Thaddeus McCotter, resigned suddenly because most of the signatures his campaign had collected to put him on the ballot were proved fraudulent. 

Mr. Bentivolio, who once raised reindeer, starred in a homemade movie that accused George W. Bush of planning the Sept. 11 attacks and once said in court he sometimes could not tell whether he was Kerry Bentivolio or Santa Claus. But as the only Republican left on the ballot, he won.

Actually, he won the general election because he received the most votes.

Ballotpedia

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