President Barack Obama and his certain Republican opponent in November, Mitt Romney, shifted to full general election mode Wednesday, portraying each other as threats to future American progress as their campaigns engaged in a "war over women" indicative of what to expect for the next seven months. A day after his path to the GOP nomination cleared by chief rival Rick Santorum's withdrawal, Romney sought to reverse a gender gap problem by attacking Obama's economic policies as bad for women. According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Tuesday, Romney trails well behind Obama among women voters -- a result also seen in recent Gallup and CNN/ORC polls. Obama had the support of 57% of women, compared with 38% who said they backed Romney, while Romney had the backing of 52% of men, compared with 44% who backed Obama, the survey found.
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Mitt Romney seeks to fix his gender gap problem against President Obama
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With Rick Santorum's withdrawal, the campaign shifts to general election mode
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Obama continues his push for millionaires to pay higher taxes
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An Obama campaign video highlights Romney's conservative stances
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An analysis of federal labor statistics shows that the @placeholder claim is technically true but lacks important context.
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The number of nonfarm-employed women from January 2009, when @placeholder took office, to March 2012 fell far more than the number of employed men in that period.
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A @placeholder campaign official later said that  the candidate had no plans to change the current pay equity laws if elected.
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In a swipe at @placeholder economic policy, Obama added: "In America, prosperity has never just trickled down from the wealthy few."
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In a swipe at GOP economic policy, @placeholder added: "In America, prosperity has never just trickled down from the wealthy few."
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The video concludes with @placeholder's declaration on the campaign trail that he was "a severely conservative Republican governor."
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@placeholder portrays Romney and Republicans as protectors of the wealthy at the expense of the middle class, while Romney and his party say Obama has stifled economic recovery and failed to effectively tackle deficit reduction.
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Obama portrays @placeholder and Republicans as protectors of the wealthy at the expense of the middle class, while Romney and his party say Obama has stifled economic recovery and failed to effectively tackle deficit reduction.
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@placeholder still needs to win several hundred delegates to clinch the GOP nomination, but Santorum was his top remaining challenger, and Tuesday's announcement that Santorum suspended his campaign leaves Romney's path free of obstacles.
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Romney still needs to win several hundred delegates to clinch the GOP nomination, but @placeholder was his top remaining challenger, and Tuesday's announcement that Santorum suspended his campaign leaves Romney's path free of obstacles.
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Romney still needs to win several hundred delegates to clinch the GOP nomination, but Santorum was his top remaining challenger, and Tuesday's announcement that @placeholder suspended his campaign leaves Romney's path free of obstacles.
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Romney still needs to win several hundred delegates to clinch the GOP nomination, but Santorum was his top remaining challenger, and Tuesday's announcement that Santorum suspended his campaign leaves @placeholder's path free of obstacles.
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In his announcement Tuesday that he was suspending his campaign, @placeholder never mentioned Romney.
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"I expect when I finally become the nominee, and I hope that happens soon, that we'll be campaigning together, we'll be working together," @placeholder said Wednesday.
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Romney said he would try to attract @placeholder's evangelical and socially conservative supporters by leveraging appearances with the former candidate.