Axelrod: Romney misses the point

[cal04]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/15/axelrod-romney-misses-the-point/

David Axelrod said Mitt Romney's assertion that he would run against the Obama administration's bailout of the auto industry in the general election represents the different visions for America held by the Republican frontrunner and President Barack Obama.

In an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Axelrod, a senior adviser to the president's re-election effort, defended the auto bailout while pointing to Romney's record as CEO of Bain Capital.

"Saving an industry, as the president did, is different than strip mining companies in order to – in order to profit off of them, which is, in many cases, what Mr. Romney did," Axelrod told CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley. "The question is, is that the philosophy that you want in the White House?"

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Americans are "working harder than they've ever worked, and for the last decade, their income has been flat," Axelrod said in the interview that took place Saturday. "That is a central issue of our time. How do we create an economy in which the middle class is growing, wages are growing, standards of living are not declining, but growing? That's what a successful economy looks like. He misses that point."

[DCBob]

1. and the biggest point is that President Obama did not personally make millions..

bailing/saving the auto industry. He did it to help save the nation from falling further into an economic disaster.

[Stratetalker]

2. Real talk

I cannot wait for the first debate tween these two....all those half assed talking points are gonna melt like the wicked witch of Oz

[DCBob]

3. for sure..

I predict Willard is not going to do well in those debates. Obama will know how to rattle him.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Only problem is

the RW corporate media will ensure that Rotney gets soft balled and idiots like Stupidfuckolis will instead focus attacks on the President that revolve around flag pins, what Bible the Obamas cherish the most, and other non-relevant drivel.

[DCBob]

6. Probably but Obama will be ready for it.

I think he can handle it. Mittens on the other hand will likely make some dumb comment or get angry. It should be entertaining.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I know he'll be ready

it's whether I can contain myself from hurling something at the screen. It's bad enough my screaming at the radio in the middle of the night when I have a local station here on when it re-airs Face the Nation.

[Life Long Dem]

5. Romney isn't missing the point.

Strip mining companies and union busting is exactly the point Romney is seeking.

[MisterP]

8. this is going to be quite interesting if the Obama campaign keeps up this inequality talk

since they're remorseless Blairites and especially since Occupy and its spinoffs are swinging back. Populism is a dangerous game for a neoliberal to play.