This election will not by a national referendum, because as we all know " All Politics are local......."

Although techincally incorrect, the popular definition of Occam's Razor is that "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one."

When it comes to Public Radio programming, the simple and generally reliable explanation is "liberal politics."

The "Mean Girls" moniker is being hung out by some in the media, not because they care about gender equity, or gender relations, or gender identity.

The "Mean Girls" concept is being used to as shorthand, to diminsh a handful of conservative women. For political reasons. Irrespective of gender. And insofar as political stories might hurt conservative Republicans and help liberal Democrats, you can be sure that The Takeaway will be there to run those stories.

I'm a man. For state and local government I do vote for women whenever I see that most or all of the incumbents are male. I also do this with ethnicities. If there's too many of a particular ethnicity I will vote for candidates of other ethnicities. If it's a woman who belongs to a small ethnic group? Two birds, one stone.

There is a difference between criticizing an individual vs. a group. "Mean girls" can not be compared to the name calling of individuals,(Cheney et al). Take issue with the individual and not the "girls" as a group.

Unfortunately offensive behavior seems to be creeping into and accepted in our political arenas. For me, it's unacceptable - whether from a male candidate or female.
I do not admire rude politicians - males or females.