From an article in the Center for Women in Business' Blog, a question is posed on how, "Less than a decade ago, Cathy McMorris Rodgers was working her family's 13-acre fruit orchard near Spokane, Washington – while serving part time in the Washington state legislature. On November 14th, Rodgers was elected to one of the top leadership posts of the Republican party. What took McMorris Rodgers from orchard farmer to a leading roll in the evolving face of the GOP?"
Long term "I want us to be articulating those aspirational goals that we have, so that the debate isn't just a matter of ... going down on the House floor and the Republicans lining up on one side and Democrats lining up on the other. But that we are putting this debate in terms of how it applies to these aspirational goals that we have for America, so that we're thinking beyond just the crisis of the moment. ... We have to modernize, as Republicans, not moderate."
