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A woman questioner gave President Obama a chance to hit one out of the park with the question about unequal pay for women since the president did, as he said, sign a bill that will lengthen the time women have to sue for pay discrimination. But the discussion then went far afield as both tried to appeal to perhaps the most important segment of voters right now: undecided women. Mitt Romney broadened the answer to the economy as a whole and the number of women who have lost their jobs.

There is no question that the candidates look like they are bickering now.