In northern Ohio, Obama ads effectively define Romney

[ProSense]

In northern Ohio, Obama ads effectively define Romney

Swing voters in a long-struggling manufacturing region express suspicion of the Republican's record at Bain Capital.

By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio — Strike up a conversation about Mitt Romney in this working-class suburb of Cleveland, and it's a good bet that it will quickly turn to Bain Capital.

President Obama's blistering indictment of his Republican challenger's career at the private equity firm has come to define Romney, interviews show, among swing voters here in one of the election's Great Lakes battlegrounds.

Television ads that Obama and his allies have aired on Cleveland stations for weeks have left some wondering how Romney earned up to $250 million at Bain and whether he caused the layoffs of Americans like themselves along the way.

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"He should just surrender his tax returns and let the people see what he's done," said 50-year-old Kevin Cannon, a Fairview Park grocery store cashier who voted for Republicans George W. Bush and John McCain, but might reluctantly support a second term for Obama.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ohio-bain-20120803,0,523290,full.story

[elleng]

1. This is good.

Hope they let people vote, in Ohio.

[ProSense]

4. Yes, and

kick for more exposure.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Obama has the right idea--keep hammering.

The questions being raised are appropriate and important.

[ProSense]

3. Some people

want to dismiss the impact of both the Bain and tax return issues, but clearly Romney is hurting.

Romney taps former Fannie Mae lobbyist and BP spokeswoman to lead his Bain rehab effort
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021059752

[liberal N proud]

5. Saw a romney bumper sticker today...

In a parking lot in Avon (two communities west of Fairvew Park). I asked the lady driving the big SUV who she was going to vote for because Romney wouldn't make it to the nomination. She was dumbfounded and clueless. I explained that his tax situation would eventually become public and would have to withdraw. She just stood there and stared.

The GOP base is clueless or willfully ignoring all of Romney's problems and going full steam into the iceberg.

[elleng]

6. Clueless, I suspect, due to time of year, and repug and media games.

We've got work to do, and you did a bit today. Thanks.

[crazyjoe]

7. The woman was not dumbfounded, she just couldn't believe how stupid you were.

This memo that Romney will have to drop out due to Bain is making some on the left look ridiculous, but don't let that stop you.

[ProSense]

8. Kick! n/t