Actually, Abedin is South Asian (Indian and Pakistani, but since Pakistan is really just the predominantly Muslim section of India, I would just refer to her as of Indian descent.) Possibly. One thing I've learned in the past few years is never to overestimate the quality of today's GOP congressional caucus. The Tea Party took the new low and then kicked the floor out. There are actually worse than Bachmann in the freshman class. Hard to believe, but true.