dr. sommers.i was wondering if you would comment on the theme that to waste during the presidential election and the recent virginia governor's election and why it least it was rep ported that it did have an effect on women voters. >> host: what is your opinion first before we hear from dr. sommers? >> guest: my opinion is it was almost like preaching to the choir and the way it was reported it may have seemed to be emphasized by those who believed it anyway. but in the virginia governor's election in maryland it did seem to have an affect at least on those going to the polls, the women going to the polls. >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: yes the war on women theme was very effective and what i think about that is first of all, democrats have been far better at listening to women and being informed by the various women's centers that they correspond and they got their message. they fine-tuned that message for different age groups and it was very clear for example in the last presidential campaig

dr. sommers?>> caller: my opinion, it was almost like preaching to the choir, and the way it was reported and may have seemed to be emphasized by those who believed it anyway. but in the virginia governor's election, i lived in maryland, it did seem to have an effect at least on those going to the polls, the women going to the polls. >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: yes. the war on women theme was very effective, and what i think about that is, first of all, i mean, democrats have been far better at listening to women, being informed by various women's centers that they, with whom they correspond be, and they got their message, and they fine-tuned that message for different age groups. it was fairly clear, for example, in the last presidential campaign that the republicans did not do that. and i think that for many conservatives as i said before, there are all these women's groups that are supported. they tend to be fairly liberal to radical. and where are the women's groups on the conservative