DeGette: GOP ticket would make women "second-class"

Politics The longtime Denver congresswoman attacks Romney and Ryan, saying their proposals are harmful. Posted: ? 09/06/2012 12:01:00 AM MDT September 6, 2012 8:17 AM GMTUpdated: ? 09/06/2012 02:17:23 AM MDT U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado waves as she leaves the stage after addressing delegates Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention. (Helen H. 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Aug 31: Democrats encounter bumps on the road to Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C.???U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette offered up a late-afternoon broadside against what Democrats say is the "war on women" being waged by their Republican rivals. The longtime Denver congresswoman argued at her party's national convention Wednesday that Republican Mitt Romney would be a poor choice for women as president. She said that Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, support policies that are harmful to this critical demographic. "With proposal after proposal, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to make women second-class citizens again," DeGette said. Women will play an outsized role in deciding the presidential contest, and so Democrats and Republicans both are vying for female voters in key states like Colorado. "Mr. Romney, Mr. Ryan, the women of America have a message for you," DeGette said. "We're not going back. We're going forward. Forward with a president who understands and defends the rights and interests of American women." Colorado Republicans were quick to respond. "The only thing Barack Obama continues to move forward is more crippling debt, which has reached a record $16 trillion," said state GOP spokesman Chuck Poplstein. "Diana DeGette can try and paint the race in divisive social issues, but the reality is, with Barack Obama at the helm, the economy continues to sink." Chuck Plunkett: 303-954-1333, cplunkett@denverpost.com or twitter.com/chuckplunkett Copyright 2012 The Denver Post. All rights reserved.

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