Republican attacks on Susan Rice are partly based on sexism and racism.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. I suspect it's all the things you mentioned.

Certainly they're trying to pay chess with the MA senate seat. And they are desperate to find a way o attach a "..gate" suffix to "Benghazi"

But any time you see this sort of concerted effort, its usually because someone is perceived as a threat to some entrenched interest. Right now the GOP is desperately scanning their ranks for appropriately right wing, anti choice women -who aren't Michelle Bachmann- to put forth as their "new" face. demographically, they got clobbered in this last election.

Rice is a smart, successful AA Woman. Damn right she is threatening to them.