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“The End of America” author Naomi Wolf on Obama and Romney’s effort to gain more support among women voters.
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Joining me now for more on the women's vote the impact of the president's new position on gay marriage and even perhaps is evolution.
Naomi Wolfe author of the book the end of America -- her warning to a young picture there make it's great to see.
Are you shocked that the president has and suddenly he now has that that deficit that gender gap.
-- -- -- But for the record it's not yet a gender gap because in presidential elections they -- 4%.
-- -- we'd be in the margin of error but it's definitely back.
It's a drop any news in this and sly and the certainty that castle that's can.
If I may insert it may be a bit like a recession at two consecutive quarters you.
Richard generally ignore the evidence suggesting.
Precisely what that -- shouldn't be flat because Democrats have always counted on the -- to get -- -- -- team to win elections.
-- -- with a seventeen point gender gap and -- women and and it's been -- ever -- and I I'm not shocked I'm.
You know not disappointed to say I'm beyond partisanship at this point that I think it doesn't -- you know I have to she can't hit her.
But I I have to say I think it's because of that furor about the Hillary those who can't.
-- in which Romney's camp to their credit and I don't think that they sent Romney have to do this which is also wise.
He basically said look a woman is working with the she's in the home she's working in the workplace she's working -- -- choices are.
And let's respect women.
And you know that this.
You know get a team has not been so pro active at Citi at some emotional language about supporting women understand -- they are is this your needs.
Is this president as we talked about this -- instead of apple used the word deficit that he has in the latest polls it's as presidents so -- coolness not working for an suddenly.
With women.
I'm you know when could it that way I think that that Democrats tend to take the women's vote for granted he.
And so.
-- team or and I mean Fox News specifically has been really really good at -- Thompson women and putting them front to censor and if people didn't optics in the Republican camp you know they -- focus on the wife that the set -- -- this piece was really Smart you know if you wanna draw with.
-- it's not as though that we have some sort of protect the village here with.
-- you know we all know.
Yet they all have taken villages everywhere in the sense that -- -- in the here and that is that the revenue of Fox News -- say it is -- -- without reservation -- -- in the qualifications what so ever.
They are to -- Accomplished.
They are.
Bright.
Alright and engaging talent I have no doubt whatsoever -- therefore are -- with what is the point if your comment I'll tell you exactly that you've.
You guys are not forgetting that it's important to show -- -- talent and -- and successes and diversity of women.
But Republican and take Democrats ironically have forgotten that they need to showcase -- -- personalities create -- create messages and create policies.
They're so busy it seems to me -- -- -- right now so busy.
Turning out programs.
Are vilification.
The demonization.
They are engaged.
To -- -- fever pitch.
In the politics of personal destruction.
I have never witnessed before and -- we have seen quite a few campaigns over this time.
And I can't even Begin to understand what their pointy -- I think this is feeling on the democratic team -- on the liberal side that we he's been -- so I think you know -- camp has been.
It's from -- -- cycle after cycle and that.
The Republicans really know how to go for the jugular and that's been true.
And I feel we didn't.
Does the -- the liberals in this country this administration.
Is enjoying the support in the complicit in about national liberal media the likes of which.
The complicity.
It's just it's unprecedented.
I've -- -- -- about that but that's a different subject I mean you know you -- I -- -- -- -- -- I agreed to some extent -- -- Obama has done.
On civil liberties that if some Republican -- the liberal media would be screaming and yelling and yes.
You know that liberal media tends to give Obama -- -- -- he's conclude our guy I don't have that and talk about campaigning them.
Republicans are getting better national media.
Has the liberal meet the country is than just about to reports liberal.
I'll buy every survey that I they're forcing you to find what you are the last the last -- solved I believe it was an Annenberg survey had 71% of editors publishers and so -- Are defining themselves as -- -- slid as liberal it's.
But the point being.
Given all of that this is that president before there is truly an official.
Opponent he's the presumptive nominee for governor Romney was supposed to be bashed trashed through the bruising campaign primary.
In hearing is prevailing at least within the margin of error.
In.
Poll after poll I mean.
I hear what you're saying I don't see it that way what I see low is even would be much more cynical -- -- which has.
Obama is the banks guy in Obama's especially into the sky and at this point -- special -- began we've talked at this have so much influence on both sides.
That I think this case you know they're happy with Obama because he's given them everything they want it looks like -- make -- change.
They're very Kirkland winter -- over but.
Your view very quickly on.
His position that he Tokyo -- true.
I'm gay marriage and political mistake want to.
At an incredibly bad mistake in terms of timing if you're gonna take that position which has been.
Push for for so long do it carefully here so it doesn't look -- -- -- political but you know get this is just optics because gay marriage is ST IC -- -- doesn't really matter with the president and the threat.
Which the president at least conceded that he was an absolute agreement it reached the same point.
In his reasoning -- Vice President Dick Cheney three years previous.
And we will as far as you're guitar -- comebacks and we're thinking of the TARP -- much to get to.
