For President Obama, whose reelection bid depends on high support from women voters, the Arizona Republican Debate was gold. Even better was when the candidates discussed immigration : Mitt Romney endorsed the Arizona anti-immigration law as a model for the nation

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"Newt Gingrich supported a massive wall on the border, Ron Paul doubled-down on the myth that undocumented immigrants “use up” public resources".

Even if Republicans were trying to make themselves a hard sell for women and Latinos, they couldn't have done a better job. The Obama campaign must be thrilled.

The American Prospect
And the Winner Is: Barack Obama
By Jamelle Bouie
February 22, 2012


And the Winner Is: Barack Obama


Some excerpts :

Without question, the winner of Wednesday’s Republican debate was Barack Obama. This wasn’t apparent at the beginning; during the first forty minutes, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul argued about earmarks, and made the usual promise to cut taxes, cut spending, and magically balance the budget. But by the end of the event, the candidates had revealed their hostility toward women and Latinos, and further ensured that they would stay on Obama’s side into the fall.

It wasn’t actually until after the first commercial break that moderator John King asked the candidates about the elephant in the room—birth control. After Gingrich went through the usual motion of insulting King for posing the question, the candidates embarked on a fantastic voyage of obfuscation, dishonesty, and outright attacks on women’s health.

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