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WOMEN ARE VIEWED AS THE
DECIDING FACTOR IN THIS
UPCOMING ELECTION AND WITH
ONLY 18 DAYS TO GO, BOTH
CAMPAIGNS ARE STEPPING UP
EFFORTS TO WIN WOMEN VOTERS
HERE IN THIS BATTLEGROUND
STATE OF OHIO.
WOOING WOMEN VOTERS IN THE
SWING STATES...THAT'S WHAT
BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE TRYING TO
DO...PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S
CAMP HAS LAUNCHED THE "WOMEN
DECIDE 2012" INITIATIVE.
ACTRESS ALFRE WOODARD AND
WHITE HOUSE ADVISER VALERIE
JARRETT TOOK A TOUR ACROSS
OHIO FRIDAY TRYING TO GET
WOMEN VOTERS FIRED UP FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA.NATS FIRED
UP...FIRED UP...12:59:30 WE
HAVE AN ADVOCATE IN PRESIDENT
OBAMA, UNLIKE ANY ADVOCATE
WE'VE HAD BEFORE. HE WAS
RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM, MAKIGN
SURE SHE PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE
AND EXPANDING HIS HORIZONS AND
WE'RE ALL GETTING THE BENEFIT
OF THAT NOW. 12:59:4512:54:33
HAVING A PRESIDENT WHO IS
WILLING TO FIGHT FOR EQUAL PAY
IS IMPORTANT. HE BELIEVES IN
A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOSE WHAT
TO DO WITH HER BODY, STRONGLY
BELIEVES IN FUNDING PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, BELIEVES IT'S
BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOCTOR
NOT A WOMAN AND HER INSURANCE
COMPANY AND NOT A WOMEN AND
HER EMPLOYER. 12:54:48BUT,
MITT ROMNEY'S CAMPAIGN
RELEASED THIS STATEMENT TO 2
NEWS ABOUT PRESIDENT
OBAMA...SAYING IN PART
QUOTE..." HIS POLICIES HAVE
MADE IT HARDER FOR WOMEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO START
BUSINESSES, GET GOOD JOBS, OR
SEE THEIR CHILDREN GET AN
AFFORDABLE COLLEGE EDUCATION."
END QUOTE.THE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE'S CAMP
ADDS SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA
TOOK OFFICE, 5.5 MILLION WOMEN
HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND JOBS.
STEPHANIE PRATER IS A SINGLE
MOTHER OF AN 11-MONTH-OLD WHO
SAYS SHE IS ONE OF THOSE WOMEN
AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S VOTING
FOR ROMNEY.15:01:54 I, MYSELF,
HAVE A CHILD, I KNOW HOW HARD
IT IS. I'MN STRUGGLING AS A
MOTHER TO SUPPORT MY CHILD,
FINANCIALLY AND THE JOBS, THE
GOOD JOBS, AREN'T OUT THERE.
YES, I COULD GET A JOB SERVING
MAKING MINIMUM WAGE BUT WHEN
YOU HAVE A FAMILY, YOU NEED
MORE THAN THAT. 15:02:12
BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE URGING
WOMEN TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT
TO VOTE EARLY. REPORTING LIVE,
JACKIE SPRAGUE, 2 NEWS.