Bachmann-Palin: Twilight of the Female Republican Gods? (News, Switzerland)

With Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann serious contenders for the presidency, are Republicans running the risk of damaging the chances of future Republican women seeking America's highest office? For Switzerland's News, columnist Patrik Etschmayer writes that the historic, history-related gaffes of both Palin and Bachmann may weigh very heavily on the future of their party - and their gender.

For Switzerland's News, Patrik Etschmayer writes in part:

"Perhaps all Sarah Palin is waiting for to enter the race is Bachmann, who, among other things, also never tires of interpreting every political development as a sign of the coming apocalypse (which each attempts to support with Biblical verse) - because then Palin will know for sure that she'll appear triumphantly competent compared to at least one candidate in the Republican field.

"The question is whether Republicans want to ensure twilight for their party by undermining the electability of female Republicans for a long time to come. Because in the end, few will remember the dubious Santorums, Christies, Johnsons or Cains. But Bachmann and Palin will long cling like female portents to the walls of our consciousness.

"Which raises the question is whether with these Tea-Party goddesses, Republicans want to ensure twilight for their party by undermining the electability of female Republicans for a long time to come. Because in the end, few will remember the dubious Santorums, Christies, Johnsons or Cains. But Bachmann and Palin will long cling like female portents to the walls of our consciousness."

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