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Oct 17, 2012

important about governor romney and his attitude towards women in the workplace. but this wasn't isolated. this goes back to his attitude about lilly ledbetter. back to the fact not one republican in the senate supported the paycheck fairness act. and mitt romney agrees with that. he was against it as well. this is an attitude about women in the workplace and not getting what it's like. >> jackie, building on what anita is saying here, the obama campaign quick to hit romney with a new ad titled romney's condescending views towards women. and romney told an anecdotal story but he didn't take a position on women. so will this comment, the emotion behind it, the negative reaction behind it, will it stick come november 6th? >> i think what'll happen is the truth will come out. this is a clear example as we've seen many times of rhetoric talking about binders of women or any of those versus reality. let's talk about reality. in obama's cabinet today, he has five of 14 positions of women. when romney was in governor he had six of 14. he had a better record than president. let's take the time an

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MSNBC Live

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Oct 18, 2012

. >> now, turning back to romney's comments about binders full of women, "the washington post" headline calling it the new big bird. when you look at that, how do you answer those who say this is a campaign distraction? >> i don't think it's a campaign distraction at all. i think that there are many contrasts in this race, but a very big contrast is the differences between president obama and governor romney on women's issues. they are literally oceans apart. >> those who call it a big bird comment, are they really lowering the significance of what that might mean to some? >> no, the main point is that president obama doesn't need a binder to tell him about qualified women. some of his closest friends, his colleagues are women. his life has been one of protecting and advancing the rights of women. the first vote that he -- actually, the first bill he signed into law was the lilly ledbetter act for fair pay for fair work. he supports the equal rights amendment. he supports lilly ledbetter, fair pay. he supports planned parenthood, title ten, affordable care act. governor romney is bad fo

KPIX - CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11

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CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11

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Oct 17, 2012

whole binders full of women. >> first big bird. now binders full of women. now mitt romney is explaining the comment that's the talk of the internet and even has its own facebook page. >>> not your child's elmo. this one spews hateful rants. we find out who this guy is and why he brought his act to the bay area. 't look like anything you've ever seen as far >>> -- >>> and google pulls back the curtain on one of its best-kept secrets. and it doesn't look like anything you've ever seen before. ,,,, after last night's presid >>> a binder full of women. it's become a phrase on the lips and facebook pages of millions of people after last night's presidential debate. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups, and said, can you help us find people, and they brought us whole binders full of women. >> within minutes, romney's comment had its own twitter account, with 300,000 followers. the republican nominee was taking his best shot at wooing women voters. but it may ha

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Oct 19, 2012

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Oct 19, 2012

to work for a fortune 500 company said she doesn't have a clear picture of romney. >> women's issues are very important. with regard to the economy i think obama has a better plan. >> reporter: this mother of three believes the president's affordable care act will help lower costs for women and concerned about the gop's stand on abortion. >> it's an issue out of "mad men." are we in 2012? why are we talking about these things? this is my mother's generation not my generation. >> reporter: president obama holds a comfortable lead among women in virginia but recent polls shows romney is closing the gap in battleground states susan lily is voting for romney. she believes his economic plan will mean more opportunity for women. >> i think bringing economic freedom to as many people as possible is the best way to do that. >> reporter: a mother of two and cancer survivor she's happy with her health insurance and concerned about losing it under the affordable care act. >> i think people do not understand what will happen once health care is so centralized and focused in washington, d.c. beca

MSNBCW - Andrea Mitchell Reports

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Andrea Mitchell Reports

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Oct 18, 2012

voters, the women voters. the obama campaign sees openings after tuesday's debate. romney campaign on defense but fighting back hard complete with a bus tour via women who used to work for mitt romney. joining me chris cillizza of postpolitics.com. the senz both campaigns have the obama campaign thinks they gained some ground out of the debate that mitt romney gave them some openings. mitt romney in their campaign as of yesterday firing off press releases sending out surrogates. they felt they were playing defense. this is president obama today in new hampshire. >> by the way, we want our sons to thrive in math and science and engineering. but we also want our daughters to thrive in those fields, too. we don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven, young women who can learn and excel in these fields right now. and when these young women graduate, i want them to receive equal pay for equal work. >> arguments over the economy, the romney campaign, chris, has been saying that this is an economic issue. president obama trying to respond to that today. and th

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Oct 18, 2012

romney doesn't hold the same contempt for sharp-tongued women as her husband. her appearance on "the view" and the battle for women voters right here on "the war room." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fascinated by the prices, you keep rambling on! i know! -that pork chop was great! -no more fast food friday's! so we gotta go! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] try our 15 under $15 menu and sea food differently! >> have you changed? i'm sure you've had discussions about this. >> ann: the good news is i'm not running for office and i don't have to say what i feel but i am pro-life. i'm happy to say that. mitt has always

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Oct 17, 2012

according to governor romney. women are still thinking about a lot of important things, like how fast they can get out of office and back into the kitchen to cook for the families. >> if you're going to have women in the work force sometimes they need to be more flexion i'll. my chief of staff had two kids still in school. she said i can't be here until 7:00 or 8:00 at night. i need to get home to be there for making dinner for my kids. >> well, even though he seemed to say that the most important thing to working women is how quickly they can get home to cook romney claimed that he sought qualified women to work for him. >> i went to my staff and i said how come all the people for the jobs are all men. they said they have the qualifications. i said gop, can't we find some women to are qualified. i went to women's groups and said can you find folks. they brought us whole binders full of women. >> binders full of women. it was the quote that launched a thousand tweets. behind the awkward sort of wording is a complete lack of specifics. he still has not said whether he supports the lily

MSNBCW - NOW With Alex Wagner

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NOW With Alex Wagner

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Oct 18, 2012

women how are you going to handle the country? >> apparently romney can't handle four-sharped tongued women. earlier the romney campaign canceled has experience on the show citiing scheduling conflics instead he sent in his wife ann to face the tough questions. >> one of the things with your husband when he was governor he was pro-choice. i wonder what your views are. were you the same way when he was governor? have you changed? i'm sure you've had discussions about this. >> you know, the good news is, i'm not running for office and i don't have to say what i feel. but i am pro-life. i'm happy to say that. mitt's always been a pro-life person. he governed when he ran a pro-choice. >> and yet, as mitt romney disavows the bastion of tough talking liberal ladies his campaign is in a desperate bid to repair his standing among women. bindergate exploded online 15,000 people following while binders full of women has 300,000 likes. romney's women problem is actually nothing new. it's been dogging him for nearly two decades since ted kennedy released this ad. >> more facts about mitt romney's

KRCB - To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe

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Oct 20, 2012

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To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe

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Oct 20, 2012

contrary", first, gop nominee mitt romney pulls even with president obama among women voters in swing states. then, sexual assault on campus. behind the headlines, author joan walsh explains, what's the matter with white people? hello. i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary", a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, wooing women. one more presidential debate remains for gop presidential hopeful mitt romney and president obama to make their case to the highly touted women's vote. this week after the so-called "town-brawl" debate dueling ads appeared focusing directly on the women's vote. >> turns out, rick perry doesn't oppose contraception at all. >> couldn't we find women that are qualified. a gallup/usa today survey in 12 crucial swing states finds women list abortion as the most important issue 39% for women, followed by jobs 19%, healthcare 18% and the economy 16%. in contrast, men see jobs 38% and the economy 37% as the two most important issues facing men. romney is now within one point of obama among female likely voters in swin

MSNBCW - The Ed Show

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The Ed Show

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Oct 17, 2012

keeper on mitt romney. >> we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find talented young women. >> tonight, the untold story of the debate. not only did president obama dominate -- >> candy, what governor romney said just isn't true. >> but mitt romney was just awful. >> i want to make sure we get that for the record. >> bob shrum and michael steele was analysis. cecile richards on romney's growing disaster with women voters. >> they brought us whole binders full of women. >> james hoffa on the president's china smackdown. >> governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. >> and call the wambulance again. >> the problem is, candy crowley sort of waded in to help the president. >> they should just eliminate moderators overall. >> thanks for watching tonight, focus. if you saw president obama today, you noticed a little spring in his step. the president was back on the campaign trail in the state of ohio today, fresh off his successful debate performance. it's pretty obvious, the president thinks last night went pretty well for him. especially his tobacattack

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CBS 5 Eyewitness News on the CW 44

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Oct 17, 2012

are focusing on women right now. nancy shows us romney's may have backfired. >> reporter: an audience member catherine fenton gave both candidates the perfect opening. >> in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of their what male counterparts earn? >> is this a great question. i was raised by a single mom who had put herself through school while looking after two kids. >> reporter: president obama pointed out that the first bill he signd when he took office gave -- signed when he took office gave women more leeway to shoe employers over unequal pay. >> i have two daughters, and i want to make sure they have the same opportunities anybody's sons have. >> reporter: romney argued he made hiring women a priority when he was elected governor of massachusetts in 2002. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women that had backgrounds qualified. they brought us whole binders full of women. >> reporter: today, someone said this in a conference call. >> to be perfectly clear, mitt romney did not request those

MSNBCW - The Ed Show

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The Ed Show

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Oct 18, 2012

cecile richards on romney's growing disaster with women voters. >> they brought us whole binders full of women. >> james hoffa on the president's china smackdown. >> governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. >> and call the wambulance again. >> the problem is, candy crowley sort of waded in to help the president. >> they should just eliminate moderators overall. >> thanks for watching tonight, focus. if you saw president obama today, you noticed a little spring in his step. the president was back on the campaign trail in the state of ohio today, fresh off his successful debate performance. it's pretty obvious, the president thinks last night went pretty well for him. especially his attacks on mitt romney. >> so let's recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. his jobs plan doesn't create jobs. his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. we've been there. we've tried that. we're not going back. we're moving forward. that's why i need your vote. we've got to finish what we started in 2008. >> the president feels good and so does his

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Oct 18, 2012

on the poor excuses for tagg romney's joke. >>> they brought us binders full of women. >> team romney tries to turn the page with women voters, but will it work? >> he totally gets working women. >>> the plutocrats continue to strong arm their employees to vote against their best interests. we'll play you the mitt romney tape. >> nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business. >>> the conservative meltdown over candy crowley may never end. >> he did, in fact, sir. >> can you say that little louder, candy? >> tonight, chris kofinis and ron christie on the right wing lies. >> declaring something on act of terror does not mean you're calling it a terror attack. >> this changed the debate. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. the obama team showed a fighting spirit today on the campaign trail. the president is trying to hold his lead in key battleground states including new hampshire, where he held a rally in manchester. >> 19 days, new hampshire. 19 days. in 19 days you're going to step into a voting booth and you

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Oct 18, 2012

. >>> they wasted no time firing back after the debate. one of the hottest topics, women. >> governor romney was asked a direct question about equal pay. he started talking about bind e ers. oh. the idea to go ask where a qualified woman was, he just should have come to my house. he didn't need a binder. >> i've got to tell you we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented women. >> this president has failed america's women. they've suffered in terms of getting jobs. >> 26 million women are trapped in poverty. that's the highest rates in 17 years. >> well, the president and governor romney also traded jabs on future plans. >> governor romney says he has a plan to create 12 million new jobs in the next four years. "the washington post" called it a bait and switch. >> i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. i mean he's got to come up with that over this weekend. because there's only one debate left on monday. >> as predicted it looks like this will, in fact, be the first become dollar election. an nbc news analysis f

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Oct 18, 2012

's romney who hates women and the right or sexist. the left, i don't include bob in this, the left has a sexist view of women in that they assume women are gullible to surface charisma of a light weight politician. you just have to like somebody because, he is cool. that to me is more insulting than anything you could say to a woman. they talk about romney failed women. speaking of failed women, stephanie cutter, lie detectors consider her mount everest. the woman hasn't told the truth in decades. exaggeration. i don't really know her. >> dana: which is your specialty. that is why we love you. >> greg: how dare you. >> dana: listen to something the got response the other night from the debate and get your reaction. >> why is it that there are three 3. 3.6 million in poverty today than when the president took office? the president has failed america's women. they have suffered in terms of getting jobs. suffered in terms of falling fag in to poverty. this is a helped america's women. >> dana: he said it yesterday in virginia but almost exact transcript of what he said in the debate. if y

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Oct 17, 2012

issue. the 47%, the phony romney economic policy, the romney tax giveaway to the rich, on women's rights, on immigration, on the auto bailout. but the most striking response of the whole night came on the suggestion that he played politics over the death of the libyan ambassador. president obama showed presidential leadership and made the governor look small. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror, and i also said that we're going to hunt down those who committed this crime. and then a few days later i was there greeting the caskets, coming into andrew's air force base and grieving with the families. and the suggestion that anybody in my team, whether the secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. that's not what i do as president, that's not what i do as commander in chief. >> it was a powerful moment. he t

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Oct 15, 2012

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Oct 15, 2012

a lot of that to his rising popularity among women. >> mitt romney now leads president obama with five points. tied 48 to 48. he is still ahead with men, though. so the movement among women has put this race on the bubble. and today, ann romney who is leading the effort to get women to vote republican was in the battleground state of pennsylvania. >> find an independent that voted for barack obama last time or a democrat that voted for barack obama last time. and say how have the last four years been? you want the same thing. go ahead. you want a change for a better prosperous future? vote for mitt romney. >> jennifer: paul ryan voted for the lilly ledbetter act. romney has always pledged to defund planned parenthood, would appoint supreme court justices who would overturn rowee v. wade. and the president has to call this out. republicans are arguing from freedom from regulation, unless of course you are a woman. don't worry your pretty little heads about it gals. even with all of this it is not the time folks to get respondent. the poll actually has a very small samp

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Oct 17, 2012

of women craze began minutes, literally after mitt romney uttered those words, responding to a question about equal pay for women. mr. romney pointed to the hiring process when he first became governor of massachusetts. let's listen. >> gosh, can't we find some women that are also qualified? we took a concerted effort to find women who had backgrounds to find women. they brought us whole binders full of women. >> that is a somewhat silly phrase. here is the totally serious context and why it's important to break it down. women may decide this election. look at this. president obama's formerly big advantage with female voters answers to be gone. whatever the size of it actually is, mitt romney can successfully narrow that gap, that would make the president's road to re-election very, very difficult. mr. romney said the president has failed american women and he claimed that "he went to a number of women groups and said can you help us find folks?" there's a problem with the timeline. we want to look at that tonight. the group in albuquerque a nonpartisan outfit, actually approached him,

FBC - Lou Dobbs Tonight

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FBC
Lou Dobbs Tonight

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Oct 18, 2012

romney's binders bull of women are funny. next. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venturcard. fly any airline, any flight, anyte. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidce? what's in yourallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. lou: government spending on route welfare tops $1 trillion last year. 32% increase. federal spending made of three quarters of an amount reaching -- making it the largest expenditure last year. spending on food assistance programs up 70% over four years. governor romney admitted a blind trust does have investments in china. he is not the only one. remember this exchange? >> mr. president have to look at your pension? mr. president, have you look to your pension. >> it is not as big as yours [laughter] >> let me give you a vice. lou: the president did not want to look

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Lou Dobbs Tonight

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Oct 18, 2012

moment. what they have going governor romney talked about a binder of women who were candidates for jobs and his administration. i cannot believe t left-wing adolescence trying to make a big deal out of it >> it is amazing. i looked at the person in this bedroom do think this will hurt the governor? wyss of what you talking about? it was so clear what he meant. how could you think that? i'veut it was a powerful story. i d not have enough women reprentatives so i reached out to get recommendations. to make sure i had perspective broke i thought it was wonderful. he values when m, there expertise. lou: then the left is reminded governor romney was bringing women ito his administration. it reminds me of the boomerang going after big bird. every time it reminds people we spend $450 million on public television. for what? >> the issues they raise oursels little. this is the president of united states, four years in offic over have been million women have lost their jobs. he talks about big bd and of binder of women? he has no explanation for the failed four years and the suffering across the

MSNBCW - Martin Bashir

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Oct 17, 2012

and teach in these fields right now. >> yes, binders full of women. mr. romney has delivered world class stupidity during this campaign but few have stirred the passion on his answer on how he would bridge the pay gap between men and women. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said, can you help us find folks? they brought us whole binders full of women. >> amazing. mitt's version of right to choose is to give women the option of being a two or thre three-hole punch. but this is romnmitt romney, remember? it's not just his foolish asides you have to keep up with, it's his loose interpretation of the word "fact" which unfortunately for him they were checked live and on air. >> i want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terror. >> get the transcript. >> he did, in fact, sir. so, let me call it an act of terror -- >> can you say that a little louder, candy? >> but t

CURRENT - Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer

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Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer

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Oct 17, 2012

: romney is taking his lumps on the issue of equal pay for women. last night the former massachusetts governor said he wanted women hired for top positions before he took office. >> romney: we could a took a concerted effort to find women who had the backgrounds to be qualified to be members of our cabinet. i went to a number women's groups can you help us find folks, and they brought us binders full of women. >> eliot: but according to the coalition groups at a fill those binders romney told the story backyards. she told the "huffington post" that hiving top-level women was an initiative of women's organizations to make it be something that he had to follow through on. he didn't go out looking for these binders. romney also bled a bit when he dualed with the president over their personal investments. >> romney: mr. president, have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension. >> obama: i don't look at my pension. it's not big as yours, it doesn't take me long. >> eliot: and romney struggled over the strike that killed four americans in ben gas did i. >>

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Oct 18, 2012

's a reason ann romney is on "the view "today. her husband needs more women voters in binders or otherwise. so he's hiding from the extreme position he's taken this year on contraception, on abortion, on equal pay. he's just saying whatever it takes. today vice president biden reminded voters what's at stake. >> if you have any doubt who they will likely appoint to the supreme court of the united states, how much chance do you think roe v. wade will survive after four years of a romney supreme court? >> 19 days until election day when it comes to women's issues, can moderate mitt get away with it? joining me now is terry o'neil, president of the national organization of women and democratic strategist marg margie omara. what is governor romney trying to do with cleaning up all of his extreme views? >> we're actually getting the word out all across the country that mitt romney is not pro-choice. he is not only anti-choice, he is anti-women. he has a history of personally bullying a woman whose pregnancy was threatening her life. as a mormon, a lay woman bishop, he went to her personally to try

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Oct 18, 2012

desperately. women are, again, at the top of the agenda, thanks to mitt romney's binders full of women comme comment. it's the phrase that won't die. can you not escape it on the campaign trail, internet or on the comedy circuit. >>> he said he had, quote, binders full of women, which is a little creepy. binders full of women. something they would find in a serial killer's basement at the end of a "law & order:svu," right? his policy toward women is clear. we have to alphabetize them. it's weird he would bring that up. maybe for mitt romney that's the closest thing he ever got to looking at a dirty magazine? >> ouch! but in all seriousness, women are a key voting bloc. the race is tight among women voters in what was once a huge lead now one percentage pint according to this usa today/gallup poll. that is within the marginin of error. >> we don't have to get a bunch of binders to find qualified women ready to learn and teach in these fields right now. >> why is it that there are 3.6 million more women in poverty today than when the president took office? this president has failed america's w

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Oct 18, 2012

the first debate, romney was running dead even with the president among women voters. he had had an 18-point deficit the prior month. this morning ann romney tried to shore up support for women during an appearance on "the view," and she also talked about abortion. >> i am pro-life. i'm happy to say that. mitt has always been a pro-life person. he governed when he ran as a pro-choice. >> that may not have helped her husband, because frankly, it's a little confusing. as has been mitt romney's position on abortion during the year. here it is in 1994 running again ted kennedy for the u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. i have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a u.s. senate candidate. >> now fast forward to last year. here's mitt romney trying to capture the gop presidential nomination. >> what i'd like to see happen would be for the supreme court to say, look, we're going to overturn row v. wade and return to the states the authority to design whether they want abortion on or not state by sta

MSNBCW - Jansing and Co.

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Oct 17, 2012

, binders full of women. it was being tweeted. was that awkward? >> mitt romney does have awkward answers here and there. and the democrats are very good at exploiting them and manufacturing a big movement like they have with this binders of women comment. >> it's the big bird of this debate. >> sure. the larger answer he offered was actually very good in that he realized women were not applying to work in his administration and he wanted to see more of them. by and large i thought that was fine for him. but no, he doesn't answer questions in some cases very eloquently. >> let me bring in senator kay bailey hutchison. welcome back. >> thank you. >> mitt romney did not answer the question last night what would he do to make sure women are getting fair pay. he took a lot of heat for the binders full of women, but was it clear to you? >> absolutely. i think he should be applauded for saying i'm not looking for people who supported me politically. i'm not making this political. i'm going to make sure we have qualified women in my cabinet. i think he deserves credit for that. i think that's ex

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Oct 19, 2012

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Oct 19, 2012

gap project. it is part of the mass women's caucus and it was underway before romney became governor. here is why what he said is exactly true. he could have sat back and said well i am the governor and if they want to bring me something i will wait for. it that's not what he did. he sent his lieu tenant govern -- lieutenant governor at the time who is one of his advisors. i may vote for her for president. she is fantastic. she is just a critically important leader. on behalf of mitt romney, give him kudos for doing what he did. >> look, when you heard the binder comment, did you think like me, this is insane? yes or no. >> i thought good for him. he is pointing out the mascot project. >> i will take it as a yes. let's go to erika. >> it is the objection after the fact. it made no sense. why would you object to what this man did? >> that's what i'm talking about. you, erika, have a binder with you. will you hold it up? >> i don't have pictures of women in it. >> i don't know if you have pictures. i think he had names and qualifications in the binder. i think that's where you put them

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Oct 18, 2012

ann romney did at the republican national convention. when the president talks to women and talks about women and talks about the things he's done for women, women respond to that positively and when he forgets to talk about that, they don't respond as well. so i think that's why we saw the numbers change after the first debate. >> you know, for getting the response -- forgetting the response for a moment, the idea that this has been the year of the woman voter. more so than we've seen it before, you know, since they actually marched in the streets. since they got the vote. what i -- what puzzles me though is if that was the case then and you had people talking about women's issues all throughout the primary into this election, then finally they're not talking about it and then it changes. why would something like that happen donnie? >> a shift in the polls. the second most important thing that happened is the republicans continue to move further and further to the right they continue to take on certain sets of v

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Oct 17, 2012

. but when you heard him say binders full of women, did you -- was that sort of a male or a romney -- how did you react to it? >> i spent hours going -- pouring over the resumes in those binders. i knew what he was talking about. i know everyone is having perhaps a good laugh about this. but the real point there is that governor romney not only just took that promise, that pledge that he made to the massachusetts women's political caucus if he were elected he would, in fact, seek to make half of his cabinet and top appointments women but he said wait, there's a challenge here. we're not getting enough great women's resumes coming in, we have to make sure we make -- reach out and take care of all of the advantages we have to get those good names in. and the massachusetts women's political caucus had been collecting names of women who were ready, willing and able to seven in the event that a republican or democrat came into office. they were going to provide those names to us. i was their liaison, sat down with them and reviewed those names and we did end up hiring some of the people they sugge

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since then at least according to governor romney. women are still thinking about a lot of important things like how fast they can get out of the office and cook for their families. >> i recognize if you are going to have women in the work force sometimes you have to be more flexible. my chief of staff had two kids in school and she said i can't be here until 7:00 or 8:00 at night, i need to get home to fix dinner for my kids. >> jennifer: he also claimed he sought qualified women to work for him. >> i said gosh can't we find some women that are also qualified. i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks and they brought us whole binders full of women. >> jennifer: binders full of women. but behind the awkward ward beaver meets hugh hefner wording, there still were no specifics. he still has not said if he supports the lilly ledbetter act. you'll remember this answer. >> jennifer: crickets. well, it's october, and we are still waiting. last night actually senior advisor, ed gillespie told the "huffington post" that mitt romney wou

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Oct 18, 2012

news. coming up. mitt romney's lieutenant governor. why she says his binders for the women is no big deal. çtoooowl sleep train's best rest event is ending soon. çtoooowl don't miss your chance to get sleep train's very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for 3 years on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. and rest even better with sleep train's risk-free 100-day money back guarantee. but the best rest event ends soon at sleep train. superior service best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> joining me another woman, kerry healey. welcome. >> thank you. >> before we get to the binders full of women scandal. let's discuss quickly what happened last night with the libya debate. a lot of heat being given by the republicans today. from my point of view, when you have mitt romney saying for the record we now have it on the record. as it turns out barack obama said it. >> clearly the phrase act of terror was in the speech that was given in the rose gar

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Oct 18, 2012

. >> actually, you know, we could go, then, if you want to talk about women, whether mitt romney would actually sign the lilly ledbetter act into law or equal pay, there are so many other issues. i'm personally bringing this up because i cannot believe he told that story to the american people and prepared it for the american people. and it turns out not to be true. >> well, again -- >> so that's just -- >> if you want to focus on this -- >> forget it being completely focused on women, it just happens to be a little bit insulting that he had to make up a story about trying to help women because he couldn't find one on his own. that's kind of a problem. >> no, that's ridiculous, mika. that is absolutely ridiculous that he couldn't find a woman on his own. this shows how desperate democrats are right now. >> no, this is me actually responding to what happened. >> it's ridiculous, if this concerns you, i guarantee you this is your concern, that's not the concern of a waitress that is trying to keep her two jobs in youngstown, ohio, right now -- >> actually, it is. >> no, who are actually right now

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Oct 17, 2012

romney would operate. it's absurd. >> final question. binders for women. i find it facile and silly that democrats are making fun of mitt romney. do you think you should be focusing on more serious thing than this? >> the point the governor was making is he couldn't find qualified women so he reached out. turns out an organization gave him the particular binder with resumes of women. but i'm not surprised that he needed the help because if you look at the business that he ran before he was governor, they had no women at a senior level. they had no women partners. he explained at the time, well, business schools aren't graduating more than a handful of women. actually, at the time, harvard business school was 25% or 30% of their graduates were women. governor romney apparently didn't reach out for binders then when he was trying to stash his own business. it's also true, as it turns out, his record was no better in massachusetts. i'm concerned about his awkward construction and what it might say about his attitude than what it says about his record, which is poor. >> as always, thank

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Oct 17, 2012

that women are full participants in this economy moving forward, while mitt romney ob few skated on his positions and this morning sam stein broke a story that ed gillespie admitted last night mitt romney was against the lilly ledbetter act. comparatively he did well against mitt romney's lack of vision and certainly just look at what the president, the tracks he laid out for how we build this economy from the middle out, there was a clear plan detailed last night. >> thanks for the plug. >> great scoop. >> sam stein, that muck raking journalist. patrick, is the dnc making t-shirts as we speak that say binders full of women? is that on sale? >> you know what, just obviously we can have a little bit of fun with mitt romney's words last night, but it's not a laughing matter. this is a serious issue. this is somebody who has the governor of the state by the time he left office in massachusetts, women made up only a quarter of all of the appointed positions in the state of massachusetts. despite the fact that he surrounded by -- >> yes, they were. >> all these great institutions of higher l

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Oct 18, 2012

. campaigning in virginia, romney said the president has failed america's women. he was touting his own record claiming he went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks? keeping them honest, that's not quite true. there's a problem with the time line. the group in question, the massachusetts govern appointments project, mass gap, actually approached him. they put out a statement today saying, i quote, prior to the 2002 gubernatorial election, mass gap approached the campaigns of candidates shannon o'brien and mitt romney. they went to him and his democratic opponent as well, not as he claimed the other way around. inaddition, mr. romney last night credited the recruiting effort that followed with helping him bring so many qualified women on board. and today the campaign put out this from the former lieutenant governor kerry healey. as we took office, our administration actively sought to recruit the best and brightest women the commonwealth had to offer. and governor romney wasn't just checking a box. mass gap said female recruitment dropped off, when to 27.6%. running

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Oct 20, 2012

was in northern virginia friday making a pip for women voters and mitt romney has an event planned sunday in virginia's coal country. joining me with what's at stake in virginia is john harwood, cnbc chief washington correspondent. you've seen all those ads, i'm sure, john. but break it down for us, if you can. you know, virginia, a state with two personalities, really. the northern urban suburbs, as john yang was alluding to outside of washington, d.c. then you've got the farming and mining regions. when you look at those, which region will hold the key to victory in november? >> i think the extent to which voters turn out in the northern voting suburbs is his key to victory. about 40% of the vote gets cast in those northern virginia suburbs. and as you heard in john yang's piece, the key to improving democratic prospects in virginia over the last several elections is diversity and suburbanization. the republican strongholds in the rural parts of the state have been growing more diluted as a proportion of the final vote in virginia, and that's why you've had governors like mark warner an

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Oct 17, 2012

by women declined throughout the romney administration. [ wah wah ] oh, my god. >> hello. >> stephanie: binders full of chicks. ♪ ♪ binders full of chicks ♪ ♪ binders full of chicks ♪ ♪ get them all in here quick ♪ ♪ i can't look like a [ bleep ] ♪ ♪ binders full of chicks ♪ >> yeah, rocky mountain mike. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike. wow, what a day. i thought it was -- we got -- it's usual like rave reviews on our debate special on current. i started getting all of this hate mail. i thought it was because of the special. >> oh, no it wasn't. this was brought to my attention yesterday. >> stephanie: whenever mama makes it on to the fox news -- something, i wow -- >> this was even fox nation, their crazy far right -- this was on fox news come. -- foxnews.com. rude pundit was somewhat rude. news busters came at me for not having children. apparently i have no way -- i should have no opinion. >> you know what's funny is they derided you for not having children but there could

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Oct 17, 2012

for women. that is true. ed gillespie said that on mitt romney's behalf last night. but then, update, today the campaign changed its mind and said, never mind, no, no, no, mitt romney is not against fair pay for women. of course, paul ryan voted against it in congress. the romney campaign used to say it did not know mr. romney's position on the subject. last night mr. romney himself refused to give a position, then the campaign said last night that he was against it, then today they say he's not against it, but he wouldn't repeal it, so maybe that means he's fine with it. everybody clear on that? the president went on today to talk about mr. romney's ideas on contraception, another area where mr. romney's campaign is an impenetrable mess. he got a big round of applause last night -- sorry, mr. obama got a big round of applause at his speech today for saying that nobody should be able to interfere with a women's access to contraception. again, like the connection between romney and george w. bush, and like the basic question of supporting or not supporting fair pay for women, the most amazin

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Oct 18, 2012

. mitt romney's problem with many women voters stretches far and wide. these are some of the highlights we put together here. number one, the republican party platform, everyone should read this part of the platform, criminalizes abortion. basically says from the moment of conception the fetus has the rights of the 14th amendment to personhood, to life, liberty, and property, whatever that means. number two, romney says he'll abolish obama care. abolish. his plan to replace it boils down to getting you, if you're still alive, to the emergency room, if you're still alive. number three, he'll voucherize medicare. boy, is he serious about that. number four, eliminate federal funding for planned parenthood. >> number five, he supports the blunt amendment which allows employers to, by their own fiat, deny contraceptive coverage to employees as they see it. joan, this is a round robin of a lot of stuff. >> what's happening here now, chris, is very obvious. we had a summer and fall in which mitt romney was hung up on his support for the personhood amendment, his support for the blunt amendment

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. conversation on equal pay, romney recalled his search as massachusetts governor for qualified women advisers. >> i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks? >> reporter: but then he continued. >> they brought us whole binders full of women. >> reporter: overnight his binders of women comment caught fire much as another image, big bird did the last debate. the binders now have a facebook page twitter account, thousands of google images and even has inspired spirit airlines to launch an online promotion. it also gave the obama campaign ammunition. >> we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified talent and driven young women. >> the idea he had to go and ask where a qualified woman was -- he should have just come to my house. he didn't need a binder. >> reporter: the binder buzz comes as recent polls show romney closing the gender gap between president obama in key swing states. romney fought back yesterday by attacking the president's record on the economy. >> this is a presidency that has not helped america's women. as i

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favor among women by attacking his opponent. >> governor romney wants to take up policies more suited to the 1950s. >> this president has failed america's women. they've suffered in terms of getting jobs. >> looking at the record and looking forward. what will tomorrow's final showdown mean for the final days? we hear from both campaigns this morning. for governor romney, senator marco rubio from the all-important state of florida. for the president, david axelrod. and later, ohio republican senator rob portman. romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site. >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. nd former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. this is significant. >> this is amon

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romney gets it when it comes to what women are dealing with in the workplace and in their own choices they face today. >> there are columnists and folks on the left that do not like and support mitt romney. they'll come up with all sorts of interesting arguments between now and election day. i think it's absurd. he has a record of placing highly qualified women both in his administration, campaign, and throughout his life. this is silly. it's not even real outrage. he was discussing a process they went through to identify qualified women for important positions in his administration. i think his record speaks for itself on that in terms of the way he's behaved himself in both private and in his campaign. >> let me ask you about another big issue in your state, and you know it well, and that's the issue of medicare. what do we do about the fact that medicare is going broke and something has to be done with health care costs that affect the medicare program. there's a romney ad that features you, and this is a portion of it. >> my mother's 81, and depends on medicare. we can save medica

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Oct 18, 2012

? binders full of women. not only is that one not playing well for romney, it is not even true. those binders came from a group called the massachusetts government appointments project which put the list together before romney was even elected. so for him to say he requested groups of qualified women is a flat-out lie. romney did hire several new women but by the end of his term, the number of women in top positions was actually lower than it was when he took office. >>> romney's going after the president nonetheless saying there are more women in poverty now than when obama took office but the president is hammering home on romney's views on fair pay. here he was yesterday in eye what. >> when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work. when governor romney was asked about it, his campaign said we'll get back to you. >> in addition to women's issues and the binders a few other parts of the debates are catching on. see if this sounds familiar. >> governor romney was a little -- how can i say it? ske

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Oct 17, 2012

poll of uncommitted voters found 39% of the women thought mr. obama won. 29% mr. romney. 33% a tie. nancy cordes is covering the obama campaign for us tonight. nancy. >> reporter: scott, one of the president's main goals last night was to try to bring some of those women back into the fold. in fact, both men shared personal stories that were designed to appeal to women, though in one notable case, that may have backfired. an audience member, katherine venton, gave both candidates the perfect opening. nd in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in its workplace, specifically regarding female who make only 72% of what their male counter parts earn. ar katherine, this was a great herineon. i was raised by a single mom who edd to put herself through school while looking after two kids. ma reporter: president obama pointed out the first bill he signed when he took office gave women more leeway to sue e thoyers over unequal pay. >> i have two daughters and i want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. >> reporter: romney argued he m

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Oct 18, 2012

away with that. what mitt romney and i owe you, our fellow countrymen and women is a choice. a clear agenda for how we fix this country's problems. >> so, paul ryan accusing the president of dividing america and trying to win this election by default. very, very strong words. wait until you hear what bill clinton had to say about the republicans. we have that in a moment. but first, i want to go straight to jim acosta with the campaign in new york. we heard from ann, ann romney doing a delicate dance on the issue of abortion. take me there. >> reporter: that's right, brooke. you know, ever since that moment at the debate on tuesday night when mitt romney talked about the binders full of women, the obama campaign is running with that ever since. you know, trying to apply that to various issues like the lily ledbetter pay equity act that affects women an abortion. no surprise when ann romney was out on "the view" earlier this morning and widely considered perhaps the campaign's best surrogate out on the campaign trail, no surprise she was asked about this issue. >> mitt is a pro-life p

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Oct 17, 2012

were looking to woo women. by one count, president obama and mitt romney referenced women some 30 times, compared to referencing men despite times. >> there are 3.5 million more women living in poverty today than when the president took office. >> women are increasingly the breadwinners of the family. >> what we can do to help young women and women of all ages is to help have a strong economy. employers are looking them to a flood of the good work schedule, metaphors and opportunities that they would otherwise not be able to afford. >> helping them get good work by getting a stronger economy. >> i just want to point out about the lilly ledbetter bill, when it was important, you said i will get back to you. that is not the kind of support that any woman needs. >> there are many who rely on planned parenthood for mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, that is a pocketbook issue for women and families all across the country. megyn: joining me now is monica crowley. kirsten powers is a columnist. both are fox news contributors. does anyone else want to hurl? [laughter] megyn: is the most b

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Oct 18, 2012

obama maintains his advantage among women voters. but challenger mitt romney has narrowed the gap. mr. obama touted the equal pay measure he signed into law. and attacked his republican rival for not supporting it. >> when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work. that should be a simple question and answer. when governor romney was asked about it, his campaign said, we'll get back to you. >> reporter: for his part, romney says women have suffered under president obama. and he'll do more to help them. >> why is it that there are 3.6 million more women in poverty today than when the president took office. this president has failed america's women. >> reporter: under fire from democrats to end funding for planned parenthood, romney has taken to the air waves to discuss husband position on portion and contraception. >> he thinks abortion should be an option in rape or to save a woman's life. >> reporter: activists say romney is trying to mislead women about his plan. he is pushing for legislation to deny coverage for procedures employers find objectionable. democrat

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