Republican opposition to abortion and guaranteed free access to women's health care services is easily cast by liberal talk show personalities as a Republican war on women.

According to most polls, President Obama is winning the popular vote by a small margin but more importantly, he is ahead in seven of eight battleground states still up for grabs.

Real Clear Politics compilation of the various polls has President Obama ahead in 19 states and the District of Columbia-together those would deliver 247 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Governor Romney is ahead in 23 states, garnering 191 electoral votes.

That leaves Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Virginia to determine the election. President Obama leads in all those states, except North Carolina where Governor Romney's margin is less than one percent

If Governor Romney delivers a more convincing economic message and reassures seniors he will shore up Social Security and Medicare in ways that do not threaten them, he should snag the close states.