Rosen cancels her appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
By Justin Sink and Amie Parnes - 04/13/12 10:55 AM ET

Hilary Rosen, the Democratic consultant who created a political firestorm with her comments about Ann Romney, on Friday canceled a planned appearance on "Meet the Press."

Hilary Rosen @hilaryr

I deeply apologize again to work-in-home moms, Mrs Romney & the POTUS. Not going on #MTP this weekend. I'm going to be a mom who stays home
The talk show teased an appearance by Rosen — who said Wednesday that Romney "hadn't worked a day in her life" — on its website and on the "Today" show Friday morning, but confirmed later in the day Rosen had canceled her appearance.

Democrats initially expressed outrage that Rosen would appear on the show, prolonging a story that has become a headache for an Obama reelection team that saw momentum with female voters reversed earlier this week once Republicans pounced on her comments.

Earlier, upon hearing the news that she was going on the show, one former Obama aide had a few choice words for Rosen. "I think it comes dangerously close to giving this silly story legs through the next week," the former aide said. "This is not good. Not good at all."

Rosen apologized for her remarks Thursday after they were widely condemned by figures on both sides of the political aisle, including President Obama.

"I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended," Rosen said in a statement. "Let's declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance.

"Let's put the faux 'war against stay-at-home moms' to rest once and for all. As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is. As a pundit, I know my words on CNN last night were poorly chosen," Rosen added.

But Rosen was more defiant in her television appearance on CNN earlier in the day, where she did not explicitly apologize and was somewhat dismissive of the controversy.

"The Republicans slammed and came at this pretty quickly. People who know me know that I didn't intend that. But my words were not very good, you know, [and] if they want to play politics with it, that's fine," Rosen said.

Rosen cancels her appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room



Now before you go Rosen why haven't you mention the Kennedy's, none of them have ever worked!!!!!