I know why joni ernst is giving the rebuttal to the State of the Union.

[shraby]

They don't want to take a chance on her running for president. The last republicans who gave rebuttals planned on making a run for president and look what happened to them? It killed their plans.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. they don't want a FEMALE Clown from the Clown car showing her face....and embarrassing them...

they are scared shitless of pissing off their only strong constituency left....Old White men!

[JaneyVee]

2. Should make for good post-SOTU comedy relief.

[Suich]

3. I thought it was because they're trying to attract women.

Remember this idiot? http://mcmorris.house.gov/#dialog

People in the know totally disputed her phony bio.

[Warpy]

4. It's either that or they consider her a rising star

I remember when Jindal was such a rising star, nobody in that party had anything bad to say about him, he was presidential, blah blah blah. The speech was ruinous to his chances and he has never recovered.

I think of this as more of a test of staying power than a torpedo to a career.

It's either promote Ernst if she avoids stomping on her tongue or they'll be stuck with Susana Martinez on the ticket and they know they can only get away with a lily white woman in that party.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Marco Rubio grasped for a mini-water...

Joni castrates mini... oy vey, I got nothing.

[hollysmom]

6. I vote no one else wanted to do it.

She pulled the short straw - the figurrs are going to be good, good things have happened.
short straw indeed

[onehandle]

7. She's the everywoman.

If you think that most women are stupid, greedy, and violent.

Yeah, I used the Oxford Comma.

[RoverSuswade]

8. The looming next question is:::

Will Michele Bachmann give the "Michele Bachmann response" to the SOTU?

[moondust]

9. And trying to turn Iowa red in 2016. n/t

[Blue Owl]

10. She's the GOP nut bag wild card

n/t

[3catwoman3]

11. And let's not forget former...

...rising star (and soon to be jailbird) ex-governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell, who gave the Republican response a whopping 11 days after taking office.