Majority Of Americans: "FIRE RUSH LIMBAUGH" (Bloomberg)
Fire Rush Limbaugh
More than half of those interviewed also say radio host Rush Limbaugh, who called a female law student testifying publicly in favor of birth-control coverage a slut and prostitute, should be fired based solely on those comments.
Republicans are more likely than respondents generally to see the controversy over contraception as an issue of religious liberty, with 54 percent viewing it that way, compared with 42 percent who say it was a matter of health-care access.
While Democrats have charged that the Republican position amounts to a war on women, the poll indicates that they arent benefiting from it in respondents perceptions of the two parties. The survey also suggests that the advantage Democrats have historically enjoyed among women may have narrowed.
Forty-nine percent of women say they would choose Obama over Romney, the front-runner in delegates in the Republican primary, compared with 45 percent who say theyd pick the former Massachusetts governor. In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the womens vote to 43 percent for the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, according to national exit polls.
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