Republicans are STILL talking about rape. Why?

[TaraJo]

Because when it comes to Republican politics:

1. There are things you believe that should only be said among close supporters and "the base" at times you are not being recorded
2. and there are the things you say out in the open, when on the record.

I think you can make the argument that what he said was not smart politically, but I can't see any moral, scientific or intellectual problem with these comments. If people make a big deal about a doctor talking about ovulation related to adrenaline, it is their problem. Rather it should be there problem.

Well, the intellectual problem with it is that it's political suicide. That being said, at least this guy was smart enough to wait until after the election to say this. Voters tend to have pretty short memories and as long as he doesn't say something that stupid for about 6 months before the election, it won't be too consequential.

And, yes, geremandering has been the problem here. They gave themselves extreme candidates by making sure they can't lose general elections. The end result seems to be that they're pulling the party base to a crazy place. If I were a Republican looking forward to 2016, I'd be really worried about this. Romney didn't say a thing about rape, but other representatives of his political party did and it hurt him.