November of 2010 Republicans were flying high, doing very well in the midterm elections by wooing independents and suburban women with a message of fiscal discipline. Since then, it seems like national Republicans are trying to piss off everyone but rich white men. They have gone after a major voting block in Latinos by demonizing illegal immigration and rejecting the DREAM Act; it has implicitly gone after blacks (not a block they had a chance at wooing in large numbers with Barack Obama as President) with its continued failure to stand up to “birthers,” which many people, regardless of race, find not so veiled racist overtones. The party went after unions, ironically pissing off many of the people who got them elected just weeks before. Recently, baby boomers and the elderly have had to listen closely to Republican proposals to privatize Medicare- making recipients have to shell out thousands of dollars more for the same coverage. Until very recently, the only people exempt from Republican cross hairs were rich white men and women. You can take women off the list as the GOP is going after them too. In Indiana, Governor Mitch Daniels is playing politics at the expense of women. Read more: www.chicagonow.com