Will Dems "War On Women" Campaign Backfire Or...?

This Democratic attack is backfiring

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Chip Wood

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We’ll know for sure next Tuesday night. But right now, it appears that the Democrats’ No.1 strategy against Republicans in this year’s mid-term elections isn’t working. In fact, it appears to be backfiring against them.

I’m referring to their non-stop accusation that every Republican running for office is somehow guilty of waging a “war on women.” Even outstanding female candidates, such as Joni Ernst in Iowa, are accused of being against women’s rights to abortions, contraception and equal pay in the work place. It’s all a bunch of hokum, of course. And happily, it doesn’t seem to be working.

Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado has been beating the war on women drum so long and so loudly that when he was introduced in a debate earlier this month, the moderator actually said,

“Mr. Udall, your campaign has been so focused on women’s issues that you’ve been dubbed ‘Mark Uterus’ … Have you gone too far?”

The state’s largest newspaper, The Denver Post, says that he has. The paper wrote that Udall’s “obnoxious one-issue campaign is an insult to those he seeks to convince.” The paper has endorsed Udall’s Republican opponent, Rep. Cory Gardner, for the seat. Oh, and by the way, the latest WSJ/NBC News poll says that Gardner is leading Udall 46 percent to 39 percent among women.

The same thing is happening in Arkansas, where Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor is in big trouble in the Senate race there. Even though he’s accused Rep. Tom Cotton, his Republican opponent, of every despicable anti-female prejudice you can imagine, that same WSJ/NBC News poll says it isn’t working. According to thesurvey, women in Arkansas prefer Cotton by 46 percent to 43 percent. Among men, Cotton’s lead is even greater, 54 percent to 37 percent. So it looks like we can say adieu to another Obama-supporting Democratic blowhard.

There is probably no one who has waved the “women’s rights” flag higher and harder than Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for governor in Texas. She has been called “Abortion Barbie” because of her extreme position on abortion. She’s also conducted one of the nastiest, most mean-spirited campaigns in the country against her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott.

So how is it working for her? Last time I checked, Davis was trailing Abbott 37 percent to 49 percent among women. Abbott is doing even better among men in Texas; his overall lead in the polls is a staggering 53 percent to 35 percent. Looks like you can wave bye-bye to Ms. Davis’s fervent ambition to climb higher on the political ladder in the Lone Star State.

Since this campaign season began, the Democrats have made the Republicans’ alleged hostility to women their top political strategy. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid did his part by making sure there were several “show” votes on women’s issues in the Senate this year, such as “equal pay” and the Violence Against Women Act. The idea was, Democrats could toss Republican “no” votes against opponents everywhere. Of course Reid made sure that no Republican-sponsored measure on anything was allowed to come to a vote.

The Wall Street Journal reports that of the $120 million Democrats have spent on television advertising in this year’s midterm elections, some 60 percent of it was spent on “war on women” attack ads against a Republican candidate. That’s more than $70 million hammering this one issue.

The good news for Republicans is, the distorted and dishonest campaign by Democrats doesn’t seem to be working. Even CNN has acknowledged the failure:

“The attack line – aimed at painting Republicans as out of sync with women on contraception, abortion and other issues – isn’t resonating like in 2012, when Democrats hurled it at the GOP with devastating effect. Instead, Republicans have improved their standing among women during this election cycle, narrowing the gender gap in key races that could decide control of the Senate.”

As I said above, we’ll find out next Tuesday night how many voters bought the Democrats’ tainted baloney this time around. But it doesn’t look like it will be enough for Harry Reid to remain Majority Leader of the Senate. Halleluiah for that!

Until next time, keep some powder dry.