Posted on 08/18/2008 12:52:05 PM PDT by pabianice
Early on in the general election, the McCain campaign announced to great fanfare that they were going to make an all-out effort to pursue the female vote and win over disaffected Hillary supporters.
Since then, Obama advisers have been very sensitive about stories saying he is struggling among women. And today, Dana Singiser, Obama's senior advisor for the women's vote, uncorked a detailed and extensive memo making the case that McCain's the candidate struggling with the female vote. It asks: "Does McCain have a Woman Problem?"
Despite his campaign's outreach efforts, McCain's attempt to bridge the gender gap has fallen flat. He fares worse among women than any presidential candidate since Bob Dole in 1996. In the August 13 Pew Poll, Obama holds a 51-38 lead among women over McCain. In the August Time Magazine poll, Obama leads 49-39. McCain's share of the women's vote is considerably below the 48% George W. Bush won in 2004 or the 43% he earned in 2000. Indeed, if McCain dips even a little, he is at risk of falling below Bob Dole's 38% share of women's vote in 1996, which is the lowest share of any major part candidate in the last 36 years. More than half the female electorate (53%) holds mostly positive views of Obama, while only 37% feel mostly favorable toward McCain.
Part of the idea here might be to try to get a "McCain's women problem" media drumbeat going, much as opinion-makers have been quick to jump all over Obama's alleged problems with working class voters and with Hillary supporters. (We're waiting...)
(Excerpt) Read more at tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com ...
He has a problem with “women”,
who will ignore the fact that he supports infanticide,
in order to support a candidate that protects their “right to choose”
[to kill their baby].
I think that Edwards is currently the one with the ‘woman’ problem.
Let’s try a little reality. The August 4 zombie poll of LIKLEY VOTERS showed barack mcgovern with a 5% lead with women. No rat candidate has a chance of winning with just a 5% lead with women. I’d like to see what the demographics on the “women’s” vote. Black women usually vote Republican at a rate of 3%. Anytime a ratpollster wants to manufacture a survey showing a rat with a lead with the female vote, all he has to do is overload it with Black women.
Married women are more likely to be conservative than unmarried women (unmarried, divorced, widowed), for a variety of reasons.
One is the view of government as a source of security and support because there’s no hubby in their lives.
Another is that conservative women see the demands of the single/liberal women as putting more tax burden on their families and causing them more hardship.
Many women who, uh, ehhmm, well...are not payed too much attention to by, uh, uhhmm, er, men, gravitate to, uh, uhhmmm, well, shall I say, extreme metrosexuals, uh, uhmmm, well, you know what I mean.
FMCDH(BITS)
“If I were the McCain camp, I’d immediately counter with a
“Does Obama have a Testosterone Problem?”
:-D Hit that softball!”
OR: Does Obama have a crack cocaine, gay relationships problem?
My thought exactly.
He doesn’t with women over forty, he’s winning with that group and that’s bad news for Barry.
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