Dems Calling for a Cease Fire in the 'War On Women'
They're retiring the phrase in favor of a different strategy.
The message that the Republicans were waging a “war on women” was an effective one during the last presidential election. Triggered by Rush Limbaugh’s disgusting comments about Sandra Fluke and followed by a cascade of word vomit the spewed from various GOP politicians, it was a phrase that the Democrats put to powerful use. But now there’s evidence that it’s a message that doesn’t resonate with voters, so the Dems are moving on.
“Women find it divisive, political—they don’t like it,” pollster Celinda Lake tells the National
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