republicans republicans Don't Mess With Texas Women The Lone Star State—famous for red-blooded, gunslinging, rib-eating Republicans—is increasingly turning blue, thanks to a group of fired-up women who are determined to take Texas back from the good ol' boys. How Pissed Off Are Republican Women? The Republican Party's "war on women" is one of the biggest political stories of the year. So are female GOP voters standing by their party? By Shushannah Walshe Published 18 July 12