New York: Even as US President Barack Obama made a strong comeback in the second US Presidential debate on Tuesday night, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney seems to have yet again taken away the limelight with his 'binders full of women' comment. When asked about addressing the issue of gender inequality at workplace, Mitt Romney said that as the governor of Massachusetts, his administration had a number of women in senior leadership positions. Seeking qualified women, Romney said he went to "a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks?' and they brought us whole binders full of women."
Social media got talking about the comment immediately and very soon 'binders full of women' and 'binders' became the top trends on Twitter. A Twitter handle @Romneys_Binder had over 13,000 followers already.
Romney made an economic case, saying that too many women have lost their jobs or fallen into poverty and that growing the economy would help women. Obama questioned Romney's commitment to women's health care, pointing to the Republican's vow to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. He said health care was a "pocket book issue" for women and families. "These are not just women's issues. These are family issues. These are economic issues," Obama said.
(With additional information from AP)
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