. >>> joining me now is democratic senator jean shaheen. good morning.rs, condoleezza rice, governor martinez, ann romney. recent abc poll showed mitt romney gained some among women and he certainly strongly shored up his republican female base with a focus on economic issues. how do the democrats fight back? >> well, i think women are very important in this election. i believe it's the women who are going to determine the outcome of this race. and i think if we look at where mitt romney and paul ryan stand on issues that are important to women, everything from equal pay for equal work to whether we're going to control our own health care decisions and look at where president obama stands on those issues, there's a very clear choice and i believe women don't want to go back in this country. i think we understand that our economic future and prosperity lies with president obama. >> if you watched the first two days of this convention, you see the democrats have been focussing a lot on social issues. let me play you a couple of clips. >> it's an america in

senator, new hampshire senator jean shaheen.ck begin a senator to fights to keep north carolina first in education and first in honoring our military troops and veterans. fighting to make sure we see made in america again, new york senator kirsten gill brand. and now, the america's women senators and fighter for the middle class here is the history-making senator from maryland, barbara mikulski. >> good evening. i'm senator barbara mikulski from the great state of maryland. [cheers and applause] 26 years ago, i became the first democratic woman elected to the senate in her own right. i was the first but i made sure i wasn't the only. [applause] today we're proud that there are more women serving in the united states senate right this minute than served in all of american history when i arrived. but we want more. [applause] now, we democratic women of the senate are like the olympic team as you can see, we come in different sizes but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country. we build families. busine

senator, new hampshire senator jean shaheen.ck begin a senator to fights to keep north carolina first in education and first in honoring our military troops and veterans. fighting to make sure we see made in america again, new york senator kirsten gill brand. and now, the america's women senators and fighter for the middle class here is the history-making senator from maryland, barbara mikulski. >> good evening. i'm senator barbara mikulski from the great state of maryland. [cheers and applause] 26 years ago, i became the first democratic woman elected to the senate in her own right. i was the first but i made sure i wasn't the only. [applause] today we're proud that there are more women serving in the united states senate right this minute than served in all of american history when i arrived. but we want more. [applause] now, we democratic women of the senate are like the olympic team as you can see, we come in different sizes but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country. we build families. busine