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If you have this on contraception it pokes women that might not be politically motivated. i don't think they do it to their advantage in the rnc. >> bret: if the white house and administration and campaign believe it was a group they could target, why have a woman's on france at the white house to vail it in this way? >> this is getting the women voters, not the women's vote. the contraception issue. this is senator santorum's comments that escalate it. that's not romney's fault. they see that and women who otherwise focus on reproduction. a lot of women grew up thinking our bodies, ourselves ...

taxpayer dollars wasted. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the obama administration replies to a rare order from a federal appeals court. the latest round of a sharp dispute over the nation's health care reform law. we begin with president obama warning the supreme court against overturning his cherished legislation. judges hearing a separate case took offense at what the president of the united states said and they demanded a three-page written explanation. let's go straight to our congressional correspondent kate bolduan. she'...

>> why is there almost a 20-point gender gap? what's the problem right now? do you think that all the talk about contraception and the other side issues over the past couple of months have driven away a lot of independent women? >> you know, i don't think that's the case. you look at the "usa today" poll, most of the women in that poll didn't even know what either governor romney or the president's positions were on the contraception issue. and they ranked it last in terms of issues that they cared about. so the economic issues -- >> so what do you think it is? >> i think they're looking at we...

>> that is why he introduced the whole birth control controversy, the contraception issue. he is trying to throw every divisive issue he can out there. polarize the electorate so his base is excited, threatened and voted. motivated. >> sean: think how different that is in 2008. hope and change. >> and opposite of what we did with clinton. the strategy is polarize the country. it won't work. >> sean: is he part of this or is this his campaign strategy? >> absolutely he is part of it. he's the leader of it. it's his call. he doesn't listen to advisors. the contraception stuff about women, changi...

Manager, they are being very aggressive about this. they are not coasting to the conventions and then -- >> are you talking about women's issues? >> well, on everything, but especially on women's issues and the authenticity issues with romney. joe biden was very aggressive about that. so part of the problem for the romney operation is they are up against a campaign that is well funded and running on all cylinders very aggressively. on hispanics, on women. you saw harry reid writing an op-ed piece about hispanics and marco rubio. so there's a disadvantage right now for the republicans on hispan...