Hillarysworld

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-10-21-women21_ST_N.htm

The first lady's effort to motivate female voters is the same wherever she goes: at a rally in Ohio, a lunch in Colorado or here in a Broadway theater packed with Manhattan Democrats, all dressed to the nines, who have turned out for a fundraiser emceed by Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker and rocked by singer Patti LaBelle.

"Rest yourselves," Obama tells the mostly female audience, urging them to take their seats. "We have a lot of work to do."

Do they ever.

Female voters, once a reliable force for Democrats, are roughly split this fall between the Democrats and Republicans running for Congress and governor. Recent Gallup polling, assuming a traditional turnout for a midterm election, finds that Republicans are favored by female likely voters, 49% to 46%.

Focusing on the economy may be a good strategy. Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway says, "Economics has replaced abortion as the driving issue" for female voters — a shift that will work to the GOP's advantage Nov. 2 and in elections to come.

"If the Republicans can erase most of the gender gap in this off-year election, they're poised to win 2012 big," Conway says.

I don't know... I can think of one way the Dems can get the women voters back in 2012 and today she was wearing a purple pantsuit.