Today President Obama goes on the View, as part of a week-long appeal to women, including a commencement speech at Barnard College. Will it work or backfire?
John Avlon (@JohnAvlon)Â
Work – the gender gap is likely to persist in 2012, in large part because of the social conservative agenda playing out in state legislatures. Â That said, Romney will close the gap as we get closer to Election Day.
Alexander Burns (@aburnspolitico)
If Obama’s overplaying his hand with women, there’s not much sign of it yet. There’s a risk that by being so explicit about courting women voters, the president ends up looking too transparently political. But that doesn’t mean the strategy will backfire and hurt him.
Gloria BorgerÂ
These events are just part of the president’s attempt to enlarge the gender gap, so they have to be seen as part of an entire effort to promote ‘women's issues'—like the Lilly Ledbetter act for pay equity, for example. So yes, they will work—but as part of a larger thematic effort.
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