Wonder why there is a gender gap?

Over the weekend, the First Couple (sans children) flew up to New York and had dinner
at a Greenwich Village restaurant and then saw the Broadway play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone". Since apparently Jon and Kate didn't have any big updates on the status of their marriage, the Obamas' date night got a fair amount of coverage.

Some genius over at the RNC decides that this is an issue they can attack the popular President on. “As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan’s theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills,” RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said.

My guessing the strategy meeting went something like: The American people like his handling of the economy, foreign policy, his Supreme Court pick.....uhmmmmm, let's attack him for taking his wife out to dinner and a show.

Now some husbands might feel a bit sheepish that their offers of NetFlix and Chinese take-out are looking a bit pale in comparison, but does the RNC really think this one is going to stick? On haircuts (see Bill Clinton and John Edwards), Dems might be vulnerable. But I'm guessing not a lot of women are going to fault Obama for getting all dressed up, flying up to New York for a romantic dinner and Broadway show." The only possible negative fall out for Obama might be when husbands start to hear: "Why can't you be more romantic and treat me like Barack treats Michelle?"