"A year ago, the GOP was celebrating a historic number of women candidates. Just three years ago, Hillary Clinton became the first American woman to win a presidential primary and Sarah Palin became the first Republican woman to run for national office.
Now, in the absence of a serious figure, like Clinton, the women getting attention as the campaign season begins fall into two categories: provocative but unelectable and provocative but who may render their husbands unelectable."
Opinion: Women 2012: Campaign sideshows
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