Well not only is Willard full of BS when he claims he sought female applicants to fill his cabinet positions by recruiting them in binders, he didn't even select them from the binders the women's advocacy group had compiled and given to him.
All he did was scan his donor list.
But a cross reference of Romney's very senior positions held by women, his senior staff and cabinet heads, show that 5 of 8 positions were filled by campaign donors, suggesting that Romney did indeed surround himself with female executives, but that the outside advice had a limited effect.
Jane Wallis Gumble, who served as Romney's director of Department of Housing and Community Development, donated $300.
Beth Lindstrom, who served as Romney's director of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, donated $1000.
Jennifer Davis Carey, who served as Romney's Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, donated $500.
Cindy Gillespie, who served as Romney's Chief of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, donated $500. Gillespie worked with Romney on the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics according to Romney's book Turnaround.
Beth Myers, who served as Romney's Chief of Staff, donated $500.
So, not only did Romney
not solicit the binders
First of all, it is not true. The "binder" of women's résumés was prepared before the election by the Massachusetts Government Appointments Project, a coalition of nonpartisan women's groups. When Romney won, the women -- not in binders -- gave him the résumés.
Once he got them, he didn't even refer to them for filling cabinet and staff positions, like he
said in the debate.
"I went to my staff, and I said, 'How come all the people for these jobs are all men?" Romney said. "We took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet."
"I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks,' and they brought us whole binders full of women," Romney added.
So the sure path to a high level position in the working world, according to Romney, is already have money and use it to get the job. Sounds about right from the candidate who believes
living off a stock portfolio is boot-strapping it, that everyone is entitled to as much
education as they can afford, and if you need money to start your own business, follow Tagg's path and
borrow $10 Million from your parents.
Romney Campaign Donor