Contraception 'Controversy' No Boon to Obama's Re-Election

Americans who follow politics through the mainstream media could be forgiven for thinking the recent controversy over contraception is playing right into the Obama administrations re-election effort among women voters.

Doesnt this prove that Republicans really are engaged in a war on women, determined to drag them back to the days of chattel status? Wont this non-story guarantee Democrats -- including our president -- will be able to seize the high ground and sweep women voters in November?

Well, in a word, no.

According to two new polls by the Washington Post/ABC and the New York Times -- not exactly unfriendly territory for Obama -- the issue isnt helping the president at all.

The Washington Post/ABC poll taken March 7-10 had the presidents approval rating at 46 percent, 4 percentage points down from a poll taken in early February, before the Fluke affair brought the national discourse to a level I dont think weve seen since a certain blue dress hit the news in the late 1990s -- the last time a Democrat was in the White House. (And libs say were the ones obsessed with sex.)

The NYT poll showed Obama getting only a 41 percent job-approval rating, down from 50 percent a month ago. Forty-seven percent expressed disapproval.

The most interesting thing in the Times story was actually what it didnt say -- or rather what it said so vaguely and late -- the articles very last graph -- about womens opinions of whether insurance should cover birth-control costs and whether religious employers can be forced to violate core tenets of their faith at Obamas bidding.

Shockingly, women are split on the issue.

Imagine that. Women are capable of weighing opinions and coming to independent conclusions on some of the hot-button issues of our time.Who knew?
Makes you wonder which side really thinks of chattel.