Female candidates boost Dems hopes in tough year

Democrats have robustly recruited female House candidates whom they hope will defeat few male Republican incumbents in November.

President Obama's unpopularity is a drag on his fellow Democrats, and no one is talking seriously about breaking the GOP lock on the House in midterm elections, when the president's party traditionally loses seats.

But Democrats are counting on women candidate in a few key races -- including a candidate nicknamed Rocky -- to knock out a few GOP men.