Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "War on women" in English language version.
Torbit blurted out what anyone in Colorado with a TV can see: "His ads are all about abortion!"...But the main line of attack is Gardner's record on birth control and abortion, which he opposes even in cases of rape and incest.
Mr. Udall's campaign echoed what Republicans called a "war on women" strategy, casting Mr. Gardner as a rigid opponent of abortion who supported legal rights for embryos and whose positions could outlaw some forms of birth control.
The "War on Women" is a playbook Democrats ran successfully in 2012, with significant assists from GOP senatorial candidates Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock whose inopportune remarks on women and rape helped paint the party as out-of-touch on female issues. Unfortunately for Democrats, there have been no Akin and Murdoch repeats and candidates like Gardner have been much savvier in their messaging on women's issues. "A myopic focus on reproductive freedom and the 'War on the Women' does not seem to be an effective way to mobilize and motivate women in a year when the economy and jobs are at the forefront of voters' minds, and GOP candidates have not made the same kinds of mistakes that Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock did in 2012," says Jennifer Lawless, director of American University's Women & Politics Institute.
For the "war on women" message to actually be effective for Democratic candidates, one key thing has to happen: Women have to show up and vote for Democrats in larger numbers than men. In Colorado, that didn't happen for Sen. Mark Udall.
