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HAVING REPUBLICANS REJECT THEM
IN HIS WORDS, QUOTE, JUST
BECAUSE I PROPOSE THEM.
>>> DID YOU KNOW OF THE 234
WOMEN IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, ONLY 19 BELONG
TO THE GOP.
234 WOMEN, 19 REPUBLICANS, SO
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE LAUNCHED
THIS PROJECT GROW.
IT'S AN EFFORT TO BOOST THAT
NUMBER TO BROADEN THE PARTY'S
APPEAL AMONG WOMEN.
DANA BASH, OUR CHIEF
CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT
TALKED TO SOME OF THE WOMEN
BEHIND THE EFFORT ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN'S PROBLEMS WITH
WOMEN.
>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, TO LAUNCH
A VERY SPECIFIC SPECIAL PROJECT
JUST TO GET REPUBLICAN WOMEN TO
RUN FOR CONGRESS?
>> IT'S AS A RESULT OF THE 2012
ELECTION.
WE SAW THE RESULT.
WE SAW THAT AS REPUBLICANS EVEN
THOUGH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
ISSUES THAT AFFECTED AMERICA,
WOMEN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FELT
WE WERE NOT CONNECTING WITH
THEM.
>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE PROBLEM?
>> WE'VE GOT TO REACH PEOPLE
WHERE THEY LIVE AND TALK TO THEM
IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE THEIR
LIFE BETTER AND EASIER.
I TELL MY COLLEAGUES, CLOSE YOUR
EYES.
SAY THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THAT
37-YEAR-OLD SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO
WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE
15th AND THE 30th OF THE MONTH.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER SNEM.
>> IS THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM?
IT'S HARD FOR A WHITE MAN TO
CLOSE HIS EYES AND IMAGINE
HIMSELF A 37-YEAR-OLD SINGLE
MOTHER, TOO, BUT NOT A WOMAN.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S PART OF
WHAT WE HOPE THIS PROJECT TO DO
IS NOT ONLY EDUCATE OTHER FEMALE
CANDIDATES BUT ALSO EDUCATE OUR
MALE COLLEAGUES ABOUT CONNECTING
WITH WOMEN AND DOING A BETTER
JOB, GOING OUT AND MEETING WITH
WOMEN, WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS,
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS, DOING A
BETTER JOB CONNECTING LIKE THEY
SAID ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE ABOUT
THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT.
>> THERE ARE ONLY 19 OF YOU IN
CONGRESS, 19 REPUBLICAN WOMEN
OUT OF 234.
SO YOU'RE ONLY 8% OF YOUR CAUCUS
OR YOUR CONFERENCE.
>> WE DID.
WE LOST WOMEN.
>> WHY IS THAT?
>> AGAIN, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO
REACH OUT.
YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WOMEN WHO
ARE GOING TO RUN FOR OFFICE,
THEY ALMOST NEED TO BE ASKED.
THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM.
>> THEY DO OFTEN NEED TO BE
ASKED.
I WAS ASKED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
I HAD NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE
BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
BE THAT PERSON THAT HELPS
IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO
RUN.
>> WE NEED TO DO BETTER, AND
THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS
ABOUT.
I HAVE DEVOTED A FAIR AMOUNT OF
MY LIFETIME IN POLITICS
PROMOTING WOMEN TO GET INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, WE DECIDE THE OUTCOME
OF ELECTIONS.
WE OUGHT TO BE REPRESENTED AT
THE TABLE.
>> Reporter: MARTHA McSALLY, AN
AIR FORCE PILOT COMBAT WHO FLEW
OVER IRAQ, SHE IS RUNNING FOR
GABBY GIFFORDS' SEAT.
SHE IS THE POLITICAL RECRUIT
THESE GOP WOMEN SAY THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR.
>> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
EFFECTIVE ATTACKING US AND
TRYING TO BRAND US IN A WAY THAT
IS NOT ACCURATE.
>> MY OPPONENT, A WHITE MAN IS
TRYING TO LUMP ME ON THE WAR IN
WOMEN.
HERE I AM A PIONEERING WOMAN.
FIRST TO FLY.
I SUED DONALD RUMSFELD FOR
MAKING WOMEN WEAR BIRK AS IN
SAUDI ARABIA.
>> 29% IS DEMOCRATS.
8% IS REPUBLICANS.
WHY IS THAT?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
I CAN SAY THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE
RUNNING WHEN I ENGAGE WITH
REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT AND
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN, YOU TALK ABOUT
THE ISSUES THAT MATTER WITH
THEM, IF WE CONNECT WITH THEM,
WE'RE REAL, WE SHOW OUR
LEADERSHIP, SHOW THAT WE'RE
SOLUTION ORIENTED AND I SHOULD
BE CLEAR, DANA BASH, I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS SUBLIMINAL.
I SAID 234 WOMEN.
IT WAS 234 REPUBLICANS IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 19 OF
WHOM ARE WOMEN.
THIS IDEA THIS PROJECT GROW,
IT'S AN IDEA.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
HOW DO THEY ATTRACT MORE WOMEN?
>> WELL, THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO IT REALLY THE
OLD-FASHIONED WAY, THE WAY THAT
THESE PARTY LEADERS HAVE
RECRUITED ANYBODY IN THE PAST
BUT REALLY WITH AN EYE TOWARDS
WOMEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE GOING INTO
THE DISTRICTS AND LOOK FOR
PEOPLE ACTIVE IN THE PTA, ACTIVE
BUSINESS LEADERS, PEOPLE WHO
HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN
THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO BE REPUBLICANS AND
TRY TO CULTIVATE THEM AND HAVE
THE CURRENT SERVING MEMBERS, FEW
OF THEM, 19, CALL THEM AND SAY,
LOOK, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
IT IS FASCINATING FOR ME.
I'VE DONE SEVERAL PIECES ON
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
THIS IS A BIPARTISAN THING.
WOMEN NEED TO BE ASKED TO REALLY
BE PUSHED TO GET INTO THIS KIND
OF THING.
>> WONDER WHY?
>> MUCH MORE THAN MEN AND IT
REALLY IS UNCLEAR.
PROBABLY IS CHANGING AS THE
TIMES ARE CHANGING BUT IT'S
CERTAINLY A LOT SLOWER THAN YOU