ShePAC recently was launched as a hybrid PAC and super PAC to fund conservative Republican women candidates, and to out “Democratic hypocrisy.” When the left swooped in to vindicate Sandra Fluke after the law student was attacked by belligerent, slut-calling Rush Limbaugh, ShePAC co-founders Suzanne Terrell and Teri Christoph saw an opportunity to advocate for conservative women, who they feel are less heard…
Like many women on both sides who seek office, conservative women who run ShePAC and the types of women they would support mostly avoid the “women’s ghetto” of social issues when stumping, and instead push hard-hitting stuff. But where ShePAC is concerned, that’s where the similarities end. On the right, the common agenda includes spending cuts, job creation, and rejecting any whiff of government involvement in business or health care.
“Give me a job first, we can talk contraception later,” said Christoph, who sees the recent conversation (and the president’s publicized call to Sandra Fluke) as Obama’s Hail Mary pass to win back the women who voted for him in 2008, but who have since strayed.
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