andrea tantaros joins me now, cohost of "the five" and margie romero, democratic pollster, good to haveomen here today. obviously, part of the center of this conversation is how both of the candidates, mitt romney and president obama are doing with women. let's take a look at the latest poll and get that as a backdrop, then we want to get your thoughts on this. president obama, 51 percent favorability among women, governor romney at 41 percent but he's closed the gap considerably, he was at 27 percent as you can see in an earlier poll on that measure. margie, why is this important given the other rules that are already in place against any gender discrimination? >> well, it's common sense. it closes some loophole and it gives women more tools to simply inquire if there is a gap, and not see a retaliation from their employers and it's supported by 84 percent of americans. martha: all right. andrea, the other side of it is that small businesses may find it legally onerous and when you talk about looking for those loopholes i'm seeing lawsuits. >> yeah, well, look, there are plenty of laws