10 Takeaways From the War On, By, and For Women
The candidates didn't all win—but 2014 was a year when politics was feminized.
There was a great moment during the election coverage when Rachel Maddow had this to blurt: “Scott Brown! The first man in history to lose races to two different women!”
Progress comes with baby steps. There was also this: Chris Matthews gushing to Amy Klobuchar, “Everybody likes you! The national media likes you. Everybody that knows you in your state likes you!” And at the end of the interview, “Thank you, Senator Amy Klobuchar, who everybody actually does like.”