Mitt Romney is off to a poor start and yesterday once again highlighted why his embrace of “women back to the kitchen” style Republican policies during the primaries will likely kill him in the fall. From Talking Points Memo: 

Romney’s first day of the general election turned into a stark reminder that Obama will be a far tougher opponent than the poorly funded, disorganized candidates he battled in the primary. Romney was outmaneuvered and forced off message throughout the day — beginning with a morning press call in which the campaign was caught flat-footed over a simple question about Romney’s position on the Lilly Ledbetter Act — overshadowing the economic message he was trying to push, with the gleeful help of an armada of professional Democratic operatives.