Republican attacks on U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice could backfire the next time women and minority voters head to the polls, Leslie Pitterson writes at Ebony.

With President Obama poised to nominate a woman of color to one of the nation's highest offices, Republicans have gone on the attack. And if this story line seems familiar, it's because it is.


Despite evidence that Rice's preliminary assessment of the attack was based off CIA talking points, McCain and Graham voiced their intent to filibuster a vote to confirm Rice as Secretary of State, calling her incompetent and "deceptive." During his first post-election press conference, President Obama praised Rice's record as the US Ambassador to the United Nations and responded to Republicans vowing to block her nomination saying that if they "think she's an easy target then they've got a problem with me."


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