Before Romney’s Big Speech, a Focus on Bain

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Before Romney’s Big Speech, a Focus on Bain

By PETER LATTMAN

As Mitt Romney prepares to take the stage at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night to make his case for the presidency, his record at Bain Capital continues to be a focus — some might say the focus — of both his supporters and detractors.

Just hours before Mr. Romney’s speech, his campaign started a Web site on Thursday — business.mittromney.com — devoted almost entirely on his years at the investment firm Bain Capital. “Governor Romney’s work at Bain Capital was about fixing companies that were broken and giving new companies a shot at success,” reads the Web site’s home page.

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Outside of Bain’s New York headquarters on Thursday, no one was focused on the private equity firm’s successes. Instead, all of the attention was on Bane, an imposing 10-foot-tall monster who lurched around the sun-kissed Manhattan sidewalks lambasting Bain’s business practices. Bane is the villain who faced off against Batman in this summer’s blockbuster movie “The Dark Knight Rises.” It will be “a long dark night you’ll be facing if Romney gets elected,” said Bane, according to Bloomberg News report.

The protest was organized by United NY, a coalition of labor unions and community organizations that has staged a number of demonstrations against Bain. Accompanying Bane was a woman from the Bronx who was recently laid off from her job at Burlington Coat Factory, a Bain-owned company.

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