(Rick Wilking/Reuters)
As he shakes the Etch A Sketch, Mitt Romney is trying hard to boost his appeal among women, after fully embracing the war on women just to keep up with Rick Santorum. After all, that was days ago. Weeks, maybe! The problem is that not only is Mitt Romney a lousy candidate, but his campaign surrogates are Republicans. Which means they—even the women he trots out to show that women like him—have records of doing things like
voting against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Or
like this:
A March 29 Wisconsin Women for Romney call with reporters featured Wisconsin state Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and conservative activist Bay Buchanan. Darling was a cosponsor of legislation repealing her state's 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which was designed to deter employers from discriminating against certain groups by granting workers more avenues for pressing charges. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly signed the bill into law last week.
Romney still hasn't commented on repeal of that Equal Pay Enforcement Act (or if he did, it was even more quietly than Walker signed the bill), but while he's on the subject of Lilly Ledbetter, and given his glowing descriptions of Scott Walker and his use of Alberta Darling as a campaign surrogate, it's past time someone asks him directly. Because in addition to being on the wrong side of every issue in the war on women, he's now touting endorsements from those waging it on the front lines.
No wonder Romney's appeal among women doesn't appear to extend beyond his immediate family.