Whoever said, "Bad press is better than no press", was obviously never a CongressCritter who completely mischaracterized a murder while speaking from the House floor with the murder victim's mother in attendance.  Even in uber-conservative NC-5 (the district in which I reside, BTW) where it's normally safe for a politician to take any anti-gay/lesbian stance, Rep. Foxx clearly stepped over the line when she said what she said on the floor yesterday. She's paying for it in the press and she's also getting smacked around on Twitter.  I don't think this will hurt her in the next election because, first, no one will remember it next year, and second, this is a very conservative district and while most of her constituents may feel she made a mistake they won't think it's that big a mistake.  On the other hand this won't do her much good in building a leadership position for herself in the House.