OKLAHOMA. While Republicans initially chuckled about State Senator Andrew Rice’s (D) challenge to US Senator Jim Inhofe (R), they are now seemingly taking his challenge more seriously. How else to explain the rather desperate attack site launched by the Oklahoma Republican Party: andrewricesweb.com. The heavy-handed GOP site accuses Rice of being everything from an ACLU’er, to a Sierra Club supporter, to being “supported by … Jeanine Garofalo”, to Rice possibly even being an “Italian Communist” (trust me, I’m not making this up!). In circa 1950 style, the site also features a communist hammer-and-sickle flag flying above Rice’s head. So, why are they viciously attacking someone they’ve spent months saying is “no threat” to Inhofe? Read more…