Obama campaign strategists aren't ready to hand over the 2012 election to Mitt Romney after his strong debate showing, but they do want to give him an Academy Award.
To listen to the pundits, Ann Romney is little more than a "corporate wife" (Fox News commentator Juan Williams), a sexist for "putting a sorority girl grin on a description of women's lives" (Slate's Amanda Marcotte), and a woman who "has never worked a day in her life" (Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen).
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The problem with statements like the one made about Ann Romney by Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen is that they are usually unaccompanied by evidence ("The left's war on moms," Comment & Analysis, April 13).
Just when the furor over Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comments about Ann Romney's employment status had subsided, here comes President Obama wisecracking about Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton drunk-texting him from Cartagena ("Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all," Web, Sunday). Not only was the comment not funny, but it clearly showed that Mr. Obama is taking the women's vote for granted. That's a big mistake.
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
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In public relations work, you never want yourself or your firm to be the story. Hilary Rosen, a highly paid flack with a history of putting out fires, must have learned that lesson at some point. Why she ignored it during her ill-advised attack on motherhood is hard to say.
