flextime though that's romney's only plank. he doesn't understand women care more about having enough money than flextime. that's one piece of it because women need to feel he understands the economic situation they're in. the second is a heavy focus which he is on how do republicans value women as a society? there is a narrative here that builds over the last two years starting with 1100 bills passed across states and then with defining planned parenthood and the like and that mitt romney won't take -- >> eliot: that case has been made by the democrats and i think persuasively and with persistence. that's why the sudden flip was troubling to people. as you say steven, these are low information voters. how do you make a closing argument because we're now into the moment of a closing argument for any campaign. what percentage of the female vote and what gender gap does the president need for his models to work for him to succeed? >> i don't think i would put a specific number on them. you can look at historical models and look s

i think as lois said, it's about the atmosphere, which is, we want flextime.hgt on the back of the chair no matter how cold it was outside when i had to run out and do something family-related. we don't want. >> that is for sure. thank you very much. >> what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next right here on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> in 24 hours we look at the dinner and we'll have it tomorrow. everything that we can glean from what barack obama and mitt romney say at that dinner tonight. it should be interesting, he is special laf that really contentious debate. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." my colleague, tamron hall, has a look at what's next coming up on "news nation." >> hi, tamron. >> great to see you. in the next hour in las vegas there's no rest for the candidates. later tonight, as mentioned, president obama and governor romney will both appear at the legendary al smith dinner in new york where they're supposed to go from throwing bows to jokes at each other, which could not awk

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