Let the rigged election narrative begin!
"Romney’s ‘likability’ on the rise, poll says
After
enduring months of polling-based reports about his “likability
problem,’’ Mitt Romney now enjoys his highest favorability rating since
January, according to a Washington Post/ABC News survey published
Wednesday. Romney owes much of his popularity surge to the women of the
GOP. Just last month, only 59 percent of women in Romney’s own party
viewed him favorably. Now, the measure is 80 percent - a 21-point
improvement.
Among
registered voters, 44 percent said they hold favorable views of Romney;
the same percentage said they view him unfavorably. The even split may
not seem impressive, but eight straight iterations of the poll had shown
unfavorable opinions outpacing favorable ones.
In addition,
President Obama’s favorable-to-unfavorable split is 49 to 48, according
to the latest survey, meaning his net lead in likability is down to a
single point. In April, the president’s advantage among registered
voters was 19 points.
Other gaps persist. Obama’s favorability
rating among nonwhites is 75 percent, compared with 21 percent for
Romney. Fifty-eight percent of people making less than $50,000 per year
view the president favorably, but just 36 percent see Romney the same
way. And among people younger than 40, the president has a 55 percent
favorability rating, compared with Romney’s 36 percent.
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"House bill to ban sex-based abortions fails" June 01, 2012|Washington Post, Associated Press
WASHINGTON
- The House fell short Thursday in an effort to ban abortions based on
the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year
appeal for women’s votes....
It was a rare social issue to
reach the House floor in a year when the economy has dominated the
conversation, and Republicans, besieged by Democratic claims that they
are waging a war on women, struck back by trying to depict the vote as a
women’s rights issue.
“It’s
violence against women,’’ said Representative Chris Smith, Republican
of New Jersey, of abortions of female fetuses. “It is the real war on
women.’’
The White House, most Democrats, abortion rights groups,
and some Asian-American organizations opposed the bill, saying it could
lead to racial profiling of Asian-American women and subject doctors who
do not report suspected sex-selection abortions to criminal charges.
The
legislation would have made it a federal offense, subject to up to five
years in prison, to perform, solicit funds for, or coerce a woman into
having a sex-selection abortion. Bringing a woman into the country to
obtain such an abortion would also be punishable by up to five years in
prison.
The bill had little chance of becoming law. The
Democratic-controlled Senate would probably have ignored it, and the
House brought it up under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority
for passage....
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Related:
"Shifting its focus on women’s issues from the
bedroom to the pocketbook, congressional Democrats hope to challenge
Republicans. While passage of the paycheck bill is unlikely, the unfolding debate is providing a talking point for Democrats."
Honestly, I'm kind of sick of the politicking, especially when it comes to kicking around women. I guess bank looters that steal homes or wars based upon lies that claim sons and daughters aren't as important to them as "women's issues."
Btw, WhereTF were the Democrats for women when they had the filibuster-proof majority, etc, etc. We are told how much better they are for women, and may be; however, why didn't they address some of these issues before? Or is it that women -- along with students -- are more useful as a voting bloc prodded into action with fear?
Also see: Democrats Depending on Women to Salvage Senate
Good luck when they are going up against rigged voting machines.
