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NOW endorses Raul Grijalva & Kyrsten Sinema

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by Pamela Powers Hannley
In a year of unprecedented attacks on the rights of women in the US, an endorsement from the National Organization for Women (NOW) carries a lot of weight for us feminists because it tells us who are friends really are and who will stand up for women.
As usual, when there is a hot-button, righ-wing issue, Arizona leads the nut-case pack. The War on women was a fertile field for the Arizona Legislature and Governor Jan Brewer.

Brewer stops preventive service funding for Planned Parenthood (video)

War on Women: AZ Legislature fuels the fire

Money = Choice (video)

Where are all the women at? We're at war.

Unfortunately, only a handful of Arizona politicians were at the forefront in the pushback against extremists on the right. Congressman Raul Grijalva (CD3), State Senator Kyrsten Sinema (currently running for Congress in CD9), and Dr. Richard Carmona (currently running for US Senate against Teapublican Congressman Jeff Flake) spoke up earlier and more consistently than any other Arizona politicians. 

NOW has endorsed Grijalva and Sinema in their primary races for Congress.

Who was endorsed by NOW is as interesting as who was not endorsed because it clearly reflects who didn't stand up for women (or who waited months until the outcry was so thunderous that they were forced to speak up.) For example, Blue Dog Congressional Dems Ron Barber (CD2), Matt Heinz (CD2), Amanda Aguirre (CD3), J. Manuel Arreguin (CD3), Andrei Cherny (CD9), and Ann Kirkpatrick (CD1) are not on the NOW endorsement list, but neither are progressive-backed candidates like Dave Shapira (CD9) or Wenona Benally Baldenegro (CD1). 

on August 25, 2012 in Abortion, Arizona Congressional Delegation, Campaigns, Congress, GOP War On..., Pamela Powers Hannley, Party Politics, Primaries |

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