A reader writes:

I disagree with you that Romney's hiring women for his cabinet was a good answer at all.  The issue was pay equity for women, not appointing token women in a GOP state administration.  That has nothing to do with pay equity.  And it reminds people of how few women are part of the GOP power structure.

Another:

I was egregiously offended by Romney's answer on women and equal pay. He begins by telling a story of not apparently knowing any smart conservative women, and having his staff return only male candidates. He sent them back to look for women. It was the sexist equivalent of "I can't have any illegals; I'm running for President for heaven's sake."

Another adds, "He is running on his business record, but he wasn't aware of women's workplace issues until he became governor of Massachusetts?" Another elaborates on that point: