Before too much time passes, credit should be given to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, last week for calling out her party's growing attacks on women -- from equal pay for equal work, to invasive procedures meant only to humiliate and intimidate women. She joined retiring Sens. Hutchinson and Snowe in her criticism.
Murkowski is part of a vanishing breed of traditional Republicans (and we're using the correct term, rather than the "Rethuglican" term) who successfully fought off a right wing, teabagger coup in 2010 by winning a write-in campaign to retain her Senate seat. Another point in her favor is that she's a political foe of snowbilly grifter Mama Fizzly Palin.
So, credit where it's due, and good job.
