Why Is Everyone Focused on Bain Capital?
This article is from Friday:
Why Is Everyone Focused on Bain Capital?
Jamelle Bouie
Because it's Mitt Romney's stated qualification for the presidency.
The past 24 hours have been abysmal for the Romney campaign. Not only has it scrambled to deal with revelations regarding Mitt Romneys shadow years at Bain Capital, but further digging has led to more serious questionsand accusationsabout Romneys conduct. Put another way, you know youre in trouble when even a friendly pieceby
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kesslerhas to tackle the question of whether Romney broke the law.
Naturally, this has prompted a vigorous response from the Romney campaign, in the form of an ad that accuses President Obama of lying for political gain. Given recent revelations, the timing of the ad was a little awkward, but that hasnt stopped the Romney campaign from deploying it in a serious way. As Greg Sargent reports, the ad is currently running in multiple media markets in each of the major swing states: Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, and New Hampshire.
This push has two goals: first, to challenge President Obama trustworthy imagehe maintains high favorability ratingsand second, to suggest theres something illegitimate about the Obama teams critique of Romneys time at Bain Capital. The problem with this approach, of course, is that Romney insists we judge him on the basis of his accomplishments in the private sector. I took Romneys victory speech for the Republican nominationwhich he gave after winning primaries in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Yorkalong with his four most recent speeches, and plugged them into a word cloud. Here is the result:
Massachusetts is nonexistent. Instead, we see references to business, businesses, and enterprise.
According to Mitt Romney, its his time at Bain Capital that makes him qualified for the presidency. If thats the case, then its only reasonable to ask questions about what came with the responsibility, and whether its appropriate experience for public office.
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http://prospect.org/article/why-everyone-focused-bain-capital
Well, that's one reason to focus on Bain. The others, include the SEC filings and the lies.
Mitt has to address dozens of questions (
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002952482), including where he lived, whether or not he attended meetings and the signatures.
Eleven Dimension Chess: The President Got Mitt to Declare Himself Radioactive
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002954503
Summary of recent events, Bain edition (video heavy)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002954804
Mitt has got nothing
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002955087