moment pay attention when he shakes the etch a etch and saysisay something new you ll have this in your mind. people are talking about the gender gap has exploded over the last six weeks. he s leading in a general election matchup, obama is 20 points ahead of romney and swing states among women. the defense that the romney campaign put forward, and i believe them on this, that doesn t have anything to do with mitt romney. it has to do with the broader republican party and what s happened over the last section weeks. think that they re right it isn t about mitt romney. but that s the problem. the republican party s image now, the same poll i think showed that nationally, there s a 35% favorable rating for the republican party pap that is as low as the republican number has been since the height of the clinton impeachment. if you re the nominee you can t escape that. absolutely right. mitt romney has blown opportunity after opportunity to speak out independently and say, look, my