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Washington (CNN) -- A Democratic strategist apologized Thursday for a comment questioning Ann Romney's qualifications to advise her husband on women's economic issues, while the Romney campaign sought to exploit the controversy to help fix a gender gap problem in the race against President Barack Obama.
Hilary Rosen issued a statement after fellow Democrats, including a Twitter post on Michelle Obama's page, criticized her remarks the night before on CNN.
"I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended," said the statement by Rosen, who is a CNN contributor. "Let's declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance."
In a later interview on CNN, Rosen said she "should not have chosen words that seemed to attack Ann Romney's choice in life" and that she hoped Mrs. Romney "understands I didn't mean it personally," adding "I was trying to talk about economic issues."
"This is going to be an ugly campaign season," Rosen told CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
More at ....http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/politi...html?hpt=hp_c2
Hilary Rosen issued a statement after fellow Democrats, including a Twitter post on Michelle Obama's page, criticized her remarks the night before on CNN.
"I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended," said the statement by Rosen, who is a CNN contributor. "Let's declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance."
In a later interview on CNN, Rosen said she "should not have chosen words that seemed to attack Ann Romney's choice in life" and that she hoped Mrs. Romney "understands I didn't mean it personally," adding "I was trying to talk about economic issues."
"This is going to be an ugly campaign season," Rosen told CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
More at ....http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/politi...html?hpt=hp_c2
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