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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDNC: Romney’s Alleged ‘Gag Order’ For Rick Scott Shows He’s ‘Rooting For Failure’ (updated)
DNC: Romneys Alleged Gag Order For Rick Scott Shows Hes Rooting For Failure
Democrats are out the gate this morning hammering Mitt Romney for a report in Bloomberg News that he asked Rick Scott to tone down his rosy rhetoric about how great the recovery was going in Florida under his leadership.
Republicans in Congress are trying to stall the economy and Mitt Romney is issuing gag orders against talking about the recovery, DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse said in an e-mail to reporters. Rooting for failure doesnt even do all this justice.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/dnc-romneys-alleged-gag-order-for-rick-scott
Democrats are out the gate this morning hammering Mitt Romney for a report in Bloomberg News that he asked Rick Scott to tone down his rosy rhetoric about how great the recovery was going in Florida under his leadership.
Republicans in Congress are trying to stall the economy and Mitt Romney is issuing gag orders against talking about the recovery, DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse said in an e-mail to reporters. Rooting for failure doesnt even do all this justice.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/dnc-romneys-alleged-gag-order-for-rick-scott
Updated to add:
Romney To Republican Governor: Discussing The Economic Recovery Will Hurt My Election Chances
By Tara Culp-Ressler
Republican governors in states across the country have been touting their states economic growth, pointing to falling unemployment rates and continued signs of economic recovery. Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) has expressed frustration that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is using his state as an example of the nations economic woes.
However, since positive economic messages directly contradict Romneys central campaign push convincing voters that Obama has made the economy worse the Romney campaign would prefer to downplay any signs of recovery.
In fact, the Romney campaign has directly asked Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) to tone down his positive statements about Floridas improving economy because they inconveniently clash with Romneys national narrative. Two campaign officials confirmed that Scott has been asked to instead say that his states economy would improve under a Republican presidency, Bloomberg News reports:
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/21/503533/romney-republican-governor-economic-recovery/
By Tara Culp-Ressler
Republican governors in states across the country have been touting their states economic growth, pointing to falling unemployment rates and continued signs of economic recovery. Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) has expressed frustration that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is using his state as an example of the nations economic woes.
However, since positive economic messages directly contradict Romneys central campaign push convincing voters that Obama has made the economy worse the Romney campaign would prefer to downplay any signs of recovery.
In fact, the Romney campaign has directly asked Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) to tone down his positive statements about Floridas improving economy because they inconveniently clash with Romneys national narrative. Two campaign officials confirmed that Scott has been asked to instead say that his states economy would improve under a Republican presidency, Bloomberg News reports:
- more -
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/21/503533/romney-republican-governor-economic-recovery/
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DNC: Romney’s Alleged ‘Gag Order’ For Rick Scott Shows He’s ‘Rooting For Failure’ (updated) (Original Post)
ProSense
Jun 2012
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BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)1. Every day. Romney gives you something bitch slap-worthy
He's just not very good at politics.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)2. Romney has a very strong aversion to facts, truth, and reality
That's a serious problem.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)3. The cynicism of Romney
now matches McCain's in selecting Palin as his VP running mate. Congratulations, Rethugs.