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Yesterday Francis McClure asked what issues resonate with women. During the past 8 months I have traveled to over 18 states. Everywhere I go, I have discovered that it is the substantive issues that resonate best. Jobs, the economy, and the cost of healthcare are issues that matter the most to women right now. A majority of all mothers report they are responsible for decisions about their family’s health care. Jobs and job loss were the top issues in a recent women’s focus group. Women want their leadership to talk about the issues that affect their ability to support and take care of their families.

The punditry is filled today with the conventional wisdom that independents came back to the Republican Party with yesterday’s elections.  We have been seeing this migration of independents back to our Party build for months, and we believe it will continue through the 2010 cycle.

Indeed, back in September a CNN/Opinion Dynamics poll found a majority of independents disapproving of the president's job performance for the first time.  Independents are moving toward conservative candidates and the GOP because they see the Obama White House, along with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, moving too far and too fast in their push for a government takeover of our health care system.  They see that our economy is continuing to shed jobs, even after the Democrats’ stimulus plan wasted billions of

Republicans Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie both had good nights, and women were critical to their success.

In Virginia, despite considerable negative advertising from Creigh Deeds aimed at women, Bob McDonnell turned a 7 point Obama advantage among women in 2008 into an 8 point advantage for himself. This equates to an amazing 15 point swing.

In New Jersey, Chris Christie showed that Republicans can be competitive in the Northeast among both men and women. Chris Christie lost women by only 5 points in a state where Barack Obama won women by 17 points just a year ago.