The XX Factor : Republican party

Meghan McCain Preaches What She Practices

Willa Paskin — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Meghan McCain was on The Colbert Report last night and despite some giggles and a hideous, huge, Bedazzled ring, she acquitted herself admirably. When is someone going to give this self-identified "24-year-old, pro-sex woman" and Republican her own television...(read more)

The U.S. "Teabagging" Party?

Ellen Tarlin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:21:00 GMT

I love the fact that the word teabagging has dipped its way into the cable news lexicon. For those of you who are fortunate enough not to know the original meaning of teabagging , you won't find it in a regular dictionary, and I will not retype it here,...(read more)

Meghan McCain: "Oh My Gosh … I Can Barely Add!"

Jessica Grose — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:23:00 GMT

Looks like Meghan McCain is here to stay as a Republican pundit: She has a column out today in the Daily Beast , interviewing Bobby Jindal's wife, Supriya , and she was on Larry King last night talking about her party. It also looks like she's not doing...(read more)

In Defense of Michael Steele

Melonyce McAfee — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:34:00 GMT

Am I the only one who finds RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s dorky gasp at urban credibility a little endearing? He’s getting flak for trying to give the GOP a “ hip-hop makeover .” But isn’t that kind of what it needs—loosening up, a bit of dazzle? Who...(read more)

Meghan McCain on Maddow: Delightful or Disaster?

Jessica Grose — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Speaking of Facebook, or at least the Facebook generation, Meghan McCain was on The Rachel Maddow Show last night, ostensibly to discuss her burgeoning feud with Ann Coulter. For those of you who missed it, Meghan McCain wrote an article for the Daily...(read more)