Caroline Kennedy to Stump for Obama in Portsmouth

UPDATED, Thursday, 3:00 p.m.: Caroline Kennedy will bring her Granite State Women Decide 2012 tour to Portsmouth on Saturday, Nov. 3, according to Obama for America-NH campaign officials.

Kennedy will speak to Portsmouth voters at 9:45 a.m. at 300 Rockland St., according to OFA-NH officials. She had originally been scheduled to come to Portsmouth on Friday at 11:45 a.m.

Kennedy will visit several New Hampshire communities with her tour on Saturday, according to OFA-NH officials. Her tour also coincides with Mitt Romney's scheduled campaign rally at Portsmouth International Airport on Saturday at 9 a.m.

UPDATED, 2:06 p.m.: Obama for America-NH campaign officials announced that Caroline Kennedy's Granite State Women Decide 2012 tour will stop at the OFA-NH campaign office in Portsmouth on Friday at 11:45 a.m.

Earlier story: On Friday and Saturday, Caroline Kennedy will launch the Granite State Women Decide 2012 Tour, making several stops in the state including Portsmouth to discuss the clear choice in this election between the President who continues to move America forward and Mitt Romney who will turn back the clock for women.

Obama for America-NH campaign officials indicated they would release the locations and times for Kennedy's tour and Portsmouth stop later on Wednesday.

Holly Shulman, an Obama for America-NH spokesperson, wrote in the press release "this election could come down to just a few votes in a single state, where even one conversation could make the difference between moving forward and falling backward – and women will decide who our next President will be."

From signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to trusting women to make their own health decisions and championing historic health reform that will prevent insurance companies from charging women more than men for the same coverage, President Obama has proven that he is a strong advocate for women's economic and health security, Shulman wrote.

"In stark contrast, Mitt Romney talks about women as resumes in “binders.” He refuses to stand up for equal pay, will defund Planned Parenthood, and would overturn Roe v. Wade - which would turn back the clock on women’s health," Shulman wrote.

She also wrote that Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz will also be participating in the Granite State Women Decide 2012 Tour on Friday with stops in Claremont, Littleton, Berlin and Conway.