Wendy Davis, Misogyny Magnet

Nothing will benefit the Democrats more than Republican men who disdain her.

A Wendy Davis run for Texas governor may be just what the Democratic party needs as it gears up for the 2014 midterm elections.

And that’s not just because the pro-choice state senator’s June filibuster –11 hours of talk in which she couldn’t lean on her desk, have a drink of water, cede the microphone or change the subject (she was penalized just for putting on a back brace) — was so much more hardcore than Republican Ted Cruz’s recent “Green Eggs and Ham” reading gabfest in the U.S. Senate.

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