Kerry is trailing Bush on the women’s vote. Today, he tried to woo the women.
And while some national polls, whose findings can often conflict in such a tight race, show that Mr. Kerry does not have as much support among women as did Al Gore when he ran against Mr. Bush in 2000, a New York Times poll last Sunday showed that the Kerry campaign had made some recent gains. A slightly later poll by The Washington Post, however, showed women narrowly favoring Mr. Bush.
In Wisconsin, the senator pressed his point that Mr. Bush’s economic policies had hurt working women.
“Millions of women struggle to get by on the minimum wage. They have to pay rent, buy groceries, and clothes for their children,” Mr. Kerry said. “But in terms of purchasing power, the minimum wage is the lowest it’s been in nearly 50 years. And nearly two and a half million women have fallen into poverty in just the past four years.’
You’re Kerry’s campaign manager. Naomi Wolf is busy, so they’ve called you. Does it sound like Kerry is on the right track? What would you advise Kerry to say to bring in the women? Is it economics or terror or a nice green tie that hold the keys to a woman voter’s heart?
