humanitarian standpoint and the rule of law for people who try to do it the right way. does it bolster the president s argument or does it potentially set the stage for his argument backfiring? i think clearly his caravan rhetoric in the campaign backfire and he lost the house. but these images right here. look, these images are not very different from what we saw in the course of the campaign with the caravan. it s clear that the president is going to have to make a deal with mexico. he is going to have to make a deal to solve the problem. you can t put a panneded a over this. the reality is the american people are looking for compassion. these people are fleeing violence. many are women and children. not all of them. the vast majority of them are. ben, democrats want a secure border and want to know who these individuals are that are
is unacceptable. the left is ratcheting up the rhetoric. this november we re going to remember. how you threw women under the bus. but is the argument backfiring? the real war on women has been the job losses as a result of the obama economy. the american people are smarter than that and women are smarter than that. 2012 is no 2008 when president obama handily won the women s vote. this week two polls showed president obama and his republican rival inches apart. a gallup poll looks a lot like 2008 with the president leading romney by nine points among women. but the shocker came from a cbs/ new york times poll with romney holding a slight edge over mr. obama. joining me now are hillary rosen, a cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and margaret hoover, a republican consultant, cnn political contributor, and the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. margaret, who was born in my home state of iowa, a hero to iowans. margaret, for months d