President Barack Obama and his certain Republican opponent in November, Mitt Romney, shifted to full general election mode Wednesday, portraying each other as threats to future American progress as their campaigns engaged in a "war over women" indicative of what to expect for the next seven months. A day after his path to the GOP nomination cleared by chief rival Rick Santorum's withdrawal, Romney sought to reverse a gender gap problem by attacking Obama's economic policies as bad for women. According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Tuesday, Romney trails well behind Obama among women voters -- a result also seen in recent Gallup and CNN/ORC polls. Obama had the support of 57% of women, compared with 38% who said they backed Romney, while Romney had the backing of 52% of men, compared with 44% who backed Obama, the survey found.
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Mitt Romney seeks to fix his gender gap problem against President Obama
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With Rick Santorum's withdrawal, the campaign shifts to general election mode
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Obama continues his push for millionaires to pay higher taxes
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An Obama campaign video highlights Romney's conservative stances
The number of nonfarm-employed women from January 2009, when @placeholder took office, to March 2012 fell far more than the number of employed men in that period.
A @placeholder campaign official later said that  the candidate had no plans to change the current pay equity laws if elected.
Romney still needs to win several hundred delegates to clinch the GOP nomination, but Santorum was his top remaining challenger, and Tuesday's announcement that @placeholder suspended his campaign leaves Romney's path free of obstacles.