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Women in politics?
The U.S. is failing
 Headlines would have us believe that we're witnessing a government takeover by snarling "Mama Grizzlies." But, within its coverage of the new political animal, the news media miss the forest for the trees.
A truer danger lies in the obfuscation of harsher realities that are not as well represented by Sarah Palin and Nikki Haley as they are by the numbers 89 and 2012.
Eighty-nine is the number of nations that still surpass the U.S. in terms of women's representation in government.
Some nations not known for human rights. Nations such as Rwanda, Uganda, Tajikistan, South Africa and Cuba. Given all its wealth and principle, our country still ranks an embarrassing 90th out of 186 worldwide.
For decades within the U.S., female participation in political and business leadership has consistently stagnated around 18%.
And, despite the "Grizzly" hype, no one is anticipating any real improvement this November.
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