SHOW CAPTION HIDE Closed Caption: THEY'VE SUFFERED IN TERMS OF FALLING INTO POVERTY.>> JOINING ME NOW IS STEPHANIE CUTTER, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DEPUTYCAMPAIGN MANAGER AND THERE FOR THE BOSS' CONCERT.I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.SORRY TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THAT, STEPHANIE, FOR A MOMENT BUT TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE FIGHT OVER UNDECIDED WOMEN VOTERS AND THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN IS ARGUING THAT THE ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, HAS SUFFERED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THAT WOMEN WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH MITT ROMNEY AT THE HELM.>> Reporter: WELL, ANDREA, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS.PRESIDENT INHERITED THE WORST ECONOMY IN OUR LIFETIMES AND HE'S BEEN REBUILDING IT.5.2 MILLION JOBS HIGHEST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS LOWEST FORECLOSURE RATE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND HAS A PLAN ON THE TABLE THAT WILL MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD INCLUDING WOMEN.THAT STANDS IN STARK CONTRAST TOMITT ROMNEY.AS THE PRESIDENT SAID THE OTHER NIGHT, HE ONLY HAS ONE STEP TWO HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AND THAT'S A TAX CUT FOR THOSE AT THE TOP, RAISING TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS.AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN'T AFFORD.YES, THE ECONOMY IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR WOMEN.BUT THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY DON'T WANT MITT ROMNEY INVOLVED IN, WHETHER IT'S THEIR CONTRACEPTION OR THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE DECISIONS, THOSE ISSUES ARE WEIGHING ON THE RACE SIGNIFICANTLY AND THERE'S A BIG REASON THERE'S A GENDER GAP. >> MITT ROMNEY SAID DURING THE DEBATE THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF ACCESS FOR CONTRACEPTION AND THEY HAVE A NEW ADVERTISEMENT TODAY UP SAYING THAT HE BELIEVEDIN EXCEPTIONS FOR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, FOR RAPE AND INCEST.IN OTHER WORDS, FOR A SOFTER ANTI-ABORTION STANCE THAN CERTAINLY WE HEARD FROM HIM DURING THE PRIMARIES.DOES THAT NEUTRALIZE THAT ISSUE.>> WE HAVE 19 DAYS LEFT.ABSOLUTELY NOT.BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY HE HAS SIXYEARS OF A RECORD THAT WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY KNOW.YOU KNOW HE SAYS HE'S NOT FOR OUTLAWING ABORTION.THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.HE'S ON VIDEOTAPE IN A REPUBLICAN DEBATE SAYING HE WOULD SIGN LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PUT AN END TO ROE V. WADE.THROUGH THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIESA FEW MONTHS AGO HE FIRMLY SUPPORTED WHAT IS SO-CALLED THE BLUNT AMENDMENT WHICH IS WHAT PUTS EMPLOYERS, BOSSES, IN CHARGE OF THE ABILITY FOR WOMEN TO GET CONTRACEPTION THROUGH EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE PLANS.I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE PUTTINGTHAT ON IN THE -- AD ON IN THE AIR BUT IT'S NO RESEMBLANCE TO HIS RECORD.WE'LL MAKE SURE WOMEN ACROSS THECOUNTRY KNOW THAT. >> I INTERVIEWED KATHARINE FENTON YESTERDAY THE 24-YEAR-OLDWOMAN WHO ASKED BOTH CANDIDATES ABOUT EQUAL PAY AND ABOUT INEQUITIES IN EMPLOYMENT.AND LISTEN TO THIS BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT, DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT AND THE FACTTHAT HE SIGNED THE LILLY LEDBETTER ACT SHE FELT THAT NEITHER CANDIDATE WERE ADDRESSING HER, THAT IN FACT BOTH CANDIDATES DURING THAT DEBATE WERE TALKING TALKING THEIR TALKING POINTS BUT NOT ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE WHO QUESTIONED THEM.JUST LISTEN TO THIS.>> YOU KNOW I CAN SAY THAT I FELT -- CAN'T SAY MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BY EITHER CANDIDATEEXPLICITLY.I WAS TRYING TO ELICIT A RESPONSE TO INDICATE WHAT PLANS THEY'D HAVE FOR THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO RECTIFY INEQUALITIES AND I FEEL RATHER THAN THAT RESPONSE I GOT MORE OF EITHER DIVERSION TO A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION OR A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR WOMEN IN THE PAST.>> IS THAT A FAIR CRITICISM?IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THE PRESIDENT WAS SO EAGER TO GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THINGS SOME OF WHICH 47%, OTHER ISSUES HE HAD NOT ADDRESSED IN DENVER, THAT HE DIDN'T REALLY CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE ASKING HIM THE QUESTIONS.>> WELL, I DISAGREE WITH THAT ANDREA.I THINK THE RESULT OF THE DEBATEPROVE THAT TO BE INCORRECT.AND IN TERMS OF HER QUESTION, YOU KNOW I THINK THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THAT HEUNDERSTOOD THE PROBLEMS WITH PAYAND INEQUALITY FOR WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.HE'S THE SON OF A SINGLE MOTHER,HE WATCHED HIS GRANDMOTHER GET BYPASSED FOR PROMOTIONS AT HER BANK BECAUSE HE WAS A WOMAN.THE FIRST BILL HE SIGNED INTO LAW WAS THE LILLY LEDBETTER PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT.IN TERMS OF WHAT HE WOULD DO FORTHE FUTURE, THERE'S A BILL PENDING IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD PENDING IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD HELP CLOSE THE INEQUALITY GAP FOR WOMEN.THE PRESIDENT FIRMLY STANDS BEHIND THAT BILL.THAT ALSO STANDS IN CONTRAST TO MITT ROMNEY WHO DOESN'T SUPPORT LILLY LEDBETTER.WE JUST LEARNED THAT.THEY DIDN'T SUPPORT LILLY LEDBETTER.AND HE HASN'T TAKEN A POSITION ON THE PENDING LEGISLATE FOR PAYCHECK FAIRNESS.I THINK THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I THINK THAT WOMEN AT THE DEBATE UNDERSTANDS IT WASA REAL DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE TWO CANDIDATES, THE REAL CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION BETWEEN WHO IS COMMITTED TO CLOSING THATGAP AND WHO IS NOT.SO I -- WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.I AM SORRY THAT SHE FEELS THAT WAY.I HOPE WE CAN MAKE IT UP.>> STEPHANIE CUTTER.IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE PLAYED WITH BRUCE.PRETTY COOL.>> YES.>> STEPHANIE CUTTER AND THE E