Democrats were already planning to showcase their bumper crop of female Senate candidates later this week. But two high-profile conservative men — Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and radio talker Rush Limbaugh — have turned a previously scheduled tour of the west by Democratic women into something of a victory lap.

It’s not just on the campaign trail where Democratic women are emerging to take the lead. In the Senate, the fight against Blunt’s failed amendment to the highway bill that would have allowed employers to nix any insurance coverage options they found morally objectionable was led by women.

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“I would certainly say that, for example, when you have a panel on women’s health that’s all men called to testify, it does show that a lot of the folks in charge today are out of touch and just don’t get it,” Baldwin said. “I think we’ll probably draw some attention to that.”

A DSCC source confirmed that the Democrats’ deep bench of women candidates and politicians is taking the lead in drawing a contrast with conservatives views on contraception and other issues affecting women. Last week, DSCC chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and several other women starred in a web ad aimed at the Blunt amendment and calling for more women to be elected.

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