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Michelle Obama, Julian Castro highlight DNC opening night

Michelle Obama

The patchwork quilt that is the Democratic Party base -- women, Latinos, African-Americans -- will be on full display at Tuesday night's opening session of the national party convention. The highlight will be a prime-time address by First Lady Michelle Obama who is expected to play the same role Ann Romney did one week ago at the GOP gathering in Tampa: eschewing hard-edged politics for a soft-focus testimonial to her husband.

 

Obama ad targets women voters

President Obama's latest television ad is designed to appeal to an important demographic: Women. Entitled "first law," the commercial emphasizes the first bill Obama signed as president, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

 

Why Women, Hispanics And Youth Won't Save Obama

While President Obama may win the women, Hispanic and youth vote, the turnout will likely be lower and the spread smaller, which could cost him the election.

 

The Democrats’ three-pronged plan for the ‘War on Women’

After Hilary Rosen’s remarks about Ann Romney’s life as a homemaker, some thought Democrats might tread more cautiously in their attempt to paint the GOP as being anti-women. Nope.

 

Obama courts women voters on West Coast tour

Obama courts women voters on West Coast tour

President Barack Obama will aim his economic message at women voters as he campaigns on the West Coast for two female candidates crucial to Democrats' chances of keeping their fragile majority in the U.S. Senate.

 

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