Romney Campaign Plays With Fire In Effort To Recapture Women

First, let’s look at some facts. The proportion of women in the workplace increased from 29% in 1950 to 47% in 2011 . Women are receiving more education and entering the workforce at a faster pace than ever before. In fact, women out-perform men at most universities. 63.9 % of women graduates obtain a first or upper second degree compared with 59.9 % of men .

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says his heart told him he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be. The Republican nominee told Fox News Sunday that he knew his campaign was in trouble when exit polls suggested a close race in Florida. Romney thought he’d win the state solidly. President Barack Obama ended up taking Florida and won the election by a wide margin in the electoral vote allocated in state-by-state contests.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.

The dearth of women in high-powered positions in the financial industry is far from secret. For the last two decades, ideas regarding how to increase the number of women in the corner office have bounced around think tanks, business schools, and even the industry itself. The notion that women simply do not have the hard edge necessary to succeed in finance is certainly a thing of the past.

This week the National Economic Council released a report on the impact of the recession on women and how the Obama administration’s economic policies benefit American women.

On International Women’s Day, The Financialist takes a look at a thriving group of women business leaders: entrepreneurs.   The challenges professional women face in the workplace is not exactly a subject that lacks attention these days.  

Paul Ryan (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore) In a move somewhat reminiscent of Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, Governor Mitt Romney has put up his own Hail Mary pass in the effort to turn around a presidential campaign in decline and in need of a new storyline. Romney has found that fresh [...]

Following a credible but certainly less than a knockout performance by Mitt Romney on "Super-Tuesday" pundits came out of the woodwork proclaiming Romney has it locked up. That message continued all the way through this morning culminating in Jennifer Rubin's post Time to stop dreaming of a brokered convention.