Obama Has A Woman Problem!!

From a recent Fox News Poll

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics polling shows Mr. Obama averaged a 59% approval rating among women in 2009, but seven months into 2010, that’s dipped 14 points to just 45%. That’s tough news for a party that is used to benefitting from the gender gap, a phenomenon political analyst Larry Sabato says surfaced in the 1980 presidential election. “It exists in almost all elections, ranging from five to eight percentage points,” according to Sabato......

Ouch!! This is the reality. If he cannot carry the majority of women he loses in 2012. PERIOD. Now 2012 is a political lifetime away however as the article points out:

Sabato says the timing couldn’t be better and that “Republicans have recruited lots of women.” In South Carolina, there’s gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley. In California, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman are in high profile races. Sabato says the GOP knows what’s at stake in going after female voters. “They’ve looked at demographic figures,” Sabato adds, “they understand that moving forward into the 21st century, the Republican party can’t be perceived as a white, male party.”
Shoring up the effort to reach women is the party’s most prominent female, Sarah Palin. The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee and Fox contributor has blanketed the country endorsing candidates she calls Mama Grizzlies, and predicts they could make all the difference in the fall midterm elections. “This year will be remembered as the year when common sense conservative women get things done for our country,”Palin told supporters.

This is very true and we are seeing some true diversity among these women in the GOP. Some conservative some moderate just like the GOP. Now that does not mean the women will just pull the lever for a woman of course. However the meme of the GOP just being all male power based gets less easier to advocate.