Ann Romney/Hilary Rosen

[DanaC]

Interesting piece in the Guardian about this, and how it fits in the general 'war on women' idea. This bit in particular seems to articulate why Mitt's reliance on Anne's advice in this area might be problematic:

...narrowing the analysis to which campaign more effectively moved their pawns across the electoral board not only insults Rosen (and Romney, for that matter), but completely blows past the policy argument Rosen was commenting on: what is the probable impact of Romney's understanding of women's needs on his policy-making, if it is – by his admission – filtered through the viewpoint of his wife's discussions with other conservative women? Ann says they're concerned about the deficit, which is a happy coincidence for a candidate who's staked his claim to Paul Ryan's "marvelous" budget proposal and its emphasis on deficit reduction over the social programs that disproportionately benefit women (because women are disproportionally represented in economically disadvantaged groups).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...x-war-on-women