"The Mama Grizzlies are absolutely not about empowering women in this country, " says Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock.

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Why are these Mama Grizzlies sitting so pretty in the Republican party, which some might call the ultimate boys club?

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Like these past political movements, the Mama Grizzlies come to the public arena with a narrow view of the spheres open to female interest and achievement.

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One reason is that the policy agenda of the Mama Grizzlies is radically similar to the platform advocated by Republican men, and in particular by the elite corporate interests funding the party's grassroots, like Americans For Prosperity and the Koch Brothers of Koch Industries.

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"We are going to protect our young, we are going to protect the next generation of Americans, so the Mama Grizzlies are growling, we are rising up on our hind legs and saying no, we are going to change course, we need that real hope, we need that real change, " said Palin at a Patriotic Gala Celebration in San Diego this month.

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