Romney Campaign Hits Panic Button Following Bain Attacks

[maddezmom]

The GOP presidential campaign has been reeling following increased scrutiny


By Rebekah Metzler
July 13, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Someone pushed the panic button in Boston, judging from the way Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has acted over the last 24 hours.

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"The Obama campaign appears to be stuck in their own 'groundhog day,' repeating the same, debunked charges they've waged for weeks," said Ryan Williams, a Romney spokesman, via E-mail.

The day even culminated with an assist from The Drudge Report, pushing a shiny object before election observers – that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had become a surprise vice presidential front-runner, in an attempt to change the burgeoning narrative.

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The Romney campaign then spent Friday going after the Obama campaign for essentially being mean when they said they wouldn't be.

much more:http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/13/romney-campaign-hits-panic-button-following-bain-attacks

a great run down of the past 2 days.

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. What a great comment

Nice dovetail on Krugman's comments yesterday about government vs business.

"In business, if you feel wronged or slandered, you demand a retraction or threaten a huge lawsuit. In politics, that counts for zilch," says Steffen Schmidt, a political science professor at Iowa State University. "No one will retract an article and it makes you look like a whiner when you demand that."

[NYC Liberal]

2. LOL, nobody cares about the Condi thing.

They are desperate.

[Larkspur]

3. Condi's pro-choice and has said that she doesn't want the VP slot

Our worse National Security adviser does not want her dirty laundry aired in the public's eyes again. All Obama would need to do is repeat the video clip of her reading the title of the August 6, 2001 Prez Briefing -- Bin Laden Ready to Attack the United States.

[NYC Liberal]

8. Yep. And the fact that Osama was killed under Obama's watch

would just put the nail in the coffin there.

[longship]

4. A recommended read

Pretty much hits the nail on the head. From a fairly conservative mag, too.

The take away is that Rmoney is in a bit of trouble here and Obama is wearing him down with all these revelations.

I agree. The Obama team is playing things wonderfully.

R&

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. David Corn talking about a new story to appear in one hour

Romney personally signed and authorized a $75 million deal as CEO of Bain well after 1999. There seems to be a bottomless well of evidence.

[emulatorloo]

6. Very interesting. Corn is doing some great work.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. He said he's been getting deluged with tips

I imagine there are people in the business community with whom Romney did business who are tipping Corn off. It doesn't sound like Romney made many friends.