presidential election, president obama, the democrat carried the women s vote. this is pretty stark. this looks more like california than it has been in the past. 56% of women went for the president, 43% in other words, the rest of the vote went for herman cain. for mccain. what is that about? it seems almost the pattern you see in your home state where women are overwhelmingly supportive of the democratic program. i honestly think that women as well as men are looking at the two parties. and you know, chris, because you used to be around here a long time ago. the parties have moved so far away from each other. and i believe really the republicans have moved so far to the right that they have lost the mainstream. just even look at ohio, at the way they overreached. a lot of those union members are women, nurses, teachers, and they were just hitting away at these people. and they don t seem to care as
were in there before. but i really think that people even if the it s this or i think women and men voters will turn to women in these difficult times. well, and the penn state thing is so sad, so awful what went on up there and awful that people condone it in in any degree. let me go to debbie wasserman schultz. things. you ve got some really good candidates well, there s women, you ve got running former governor out in hawaii, but also a strong challenge now to scott brown up in massachusetts. it looks to me like elizabeth warren s going to be a very firm bread-and-butter democratic candidate. absolutely. and in addition to the fantastic candidates that are running, the women candidates are running in the u.s. senate races. we have 31 incredible women running against incumbent republicans on the house side. we are at about 17% of the congress right now are women. and we know that women care about creating jobs and getting
the economy turned around. and we know that they have the policies could have been put forward by republicans who are embracing the tea party. chris, the republicans first act in the house of representatives was to repeal hr-1, the affordable care act, which made sure that women couldn t get dropped or denied coverage for simply being a woman. a woman was treated as a preexisting condition. there are policies that the republicans have consistently engaged in on a war on women like the personhood amendment that for me as a woman who gave birth to two of my children through in vitro fertilization, it is unbelievably offensive that they would try to pass amendments that s unacceptable, and that s why so many women are stepping up not because of the allegations against one candidate, but because women know that their future and their children s future hangs in the balance and they re ready to step up and have okay. let me go to senator boxer in
debbie wasserman schultz so beautifully stated, about women getting treatment and care. that being a woman almost was a preexisting condition before. we now make sure that women and families can keep their children on until they re 26. so people in this country, women in particular look forward. they don t want to go backwards, they don t want to lose rights. they want to continue to gain rights. they don t want to go backwards in their economic status, they want to move forward. so i think it s the combination of democrats standing for the things women want but also the republicans have lost touch, frankly. when is the last time president obama called you for political advice, senator? oh, i talk to the president and his people quite a bit. no, the president himself. when did he last call you for advice or talk to you about politics? oh, very recently when he was in california. and i actually was in the white house, and i feel that i can pick up the phone and talk to
the united states senate right now in washington. look at these numbers. back in 2008, the last presidential election, president obama, the democrat carried the women s vote. this is pretty stark. this looks more like california than it has been in the past. 56% of women went for the president, 43% in other words, the rest of the vote went for herman cain. for mccain. what is that about? it seems almost the pattern you see in your home state where women are overwhelmingly supportive of the democratic program. i honestly think that women as well as men are looking at the two parties. and you know, chris, because you used to be around here a long time ago. the parties have moved so far away from each other. and i believe really the republicans have moved so far to the right that they have lost the mainstream. just even look at ohio, at the way they overreached. a lot of those union members are women, nurses, teachers, and