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INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY: Obama's War On Women – PJ Media

pjmedia.com3/23/12

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY: Obama's War On Women: No Health Care For You! “The administration denies funding for a Texas program that serves low-income women because of a law saying the program can't fund …

Pelosi Accuses GOP of Waging War on Women in Fundraising Pitch …

www.thegatewaypundit.com3/21/12

Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 3:57 PM. Pelosi is up to her games again. Former Speaker Pelosi accused Republicans of waging a war on women today in a campaign pitch because they won't hand out free birth control.

Democrats and their supporters have been fundraising, campaigning and lobbying on the idea that Republicans are engaged in a War On Women.

But whilst Republicans admit to having problems, they insist that the women’s vote isn’t one of them.

Vice chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, Washington Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says.

"Democrats are waging a war on reality. Democrats know that Republicans won the women’s vote in 2010. It was the first time in modern history that Republicans won the women’s vote and the Democrats know that in order to win the presidency, in order to win the House or the Senate, they can’t let that stand. They are desperate and they are manufacturing this war on women. It’s a hoax".

Democrats say that they are concerned that the Republican agenda will harm women’s reproductive rights and access to health care, but McMorris Rodgers believes that the entire premise of the War On Women is to distract Americans from the real issues, namely, the economy, gas prices and Obamacare.

“What I see happening today is that the Democrats are losing their argument because women are looking at a whole host of issues. They’re looking at these economic issues, they’re looking at the health care issues, they’re looking at this debt, the record debt".

"This president has accumulated and is passing on to our children, our grandchildren, and what that means for the future of this country, and they are very concerned. And that’s what’s really scary, and that’s why for them to be manufacturing this war on women, I really believe that the Democrats are waging a war on reality".

“Women make 85% of the health care decisions in America for themselves, their spouses and their families, and they are scared over the idea of the federal government taking that ability away from them".

"With women currently starting two out of every three businesses in America. They understand regulations, they understand taxes, they understand how all of that is impacting their ability to start a business, grow a business".

Although McMorris Rodgers has been at the forefront of confronting and answering the War On Women narrative, she believes that the media has significantly inflated her prospects to be the next candidate for the vice presidency.

She endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in December and serves as the Romney for President Washington state chairwoman, but remains coy about the possibility.

“I’m really focused on my responsibilities here in Congress and being the best representative that I can be for the people of eastern Washington".

"I do believe that this is a really important election but it’s way too early to speculate and I really don’t expect to get a call like that".

Poll: Obama Trailing 3 GOP Challengers in Swing State Iowa – Big …

biggovernment.com2/19/12

The survey shows Rick Santorum, winner of the state's 2012 caucuses, besting Obama 48 percent to 44 percent. … Tags: 2012, Barack Obama, gop, Iowa, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, swing state …

Santorum Says He Can Win Critical Swing States | Atlantic Sentinel

atlanticsentinel.com2/23/12

Santorum Says He Can Win Critical Swing States. Posted on February 23, 2012 by Nick Ottens. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney participate in a Republican Party presidential …

Purple Strategies released their “Purple Poll” on Thursday, and data from twelve swing states show former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) in a better position to beat President Obama than former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

It’s not by much however.

Santorum was down two against the President versus a four point Obama advantage on Romney.

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And More Bad News For Ronmey

Romney’s favorability numbers are much lower than any other frontrunner candidate of either party at this point in the race in recent presidential elections.

Check out the data below, which is a combined look at how leading contenders for their party’s nomination were viewed by general election voters in February of the election year.

Doug Usher, a managing partner at Purple Strategies and a veteran of the Kerry Campaign and other Democratic efforts said.

“His favorable ratings are just atrocious. You can’t be sitting on 27% favorability in the general, the level Romney is at in their new numbers".

And Bruce Haynes who is one of the founding partners of Purples Strategies and a veteran of GOP campaigns said.

“The best thing that Mitt Romney could do is actually run a campaign that said something. It’s a Seinfeld campaign. It’s a campaign about nothing. It was good for nine years of TV. But Mitt Romney is going to to have to deliver a commitment and a promise to voters. If he is delivering one, it’s not breaking through".

The problem, as they see it, is that Romney’s chief attribute which is electability, is becoming less convincing as the primary process goes on.

“Since September, we have tested President Obama against Rick Perry, Jeb Bush, Newt Gingrich, and now Rick Santorum",

they wrote in their analysis of the numbers.

“Of all of these candidates, Rick Santorum is the only one to outperform Romney against President Obama in Purple America. Additionally, among independents, Romney trails by 3 points, while Santorum leads President Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%)".

Usher and Haynes also pointed to Romney’s position within the general electorate as a candidate in February as being historically low.

None of this makes it completely impossible for Romney to win in November however, and he will have the resources to make fixes as election day approaches.

So what’s the prescription for a Romney rebound?

Haynes says it may lie in what’s best about the candidate himself.

“One word I don’t hear out of his campaign is the word turnaround. That’s been the very thing that he’s done over his career better than anyone else. In business, with the Olympics. Not just the tactical stuff, but to make people believe again".