"Bain will never go away, never. We may even run ads against Bain after the election."

[babylonsister]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/paul-begala-bain-will-never-go-away-128847.html

Paul Begala: 'Bain will never go away'


By DYLAN BYERS |
7/13/12 9:30 AM EDT


"Bain will never go away, never. We may even run ads against Bain after the election."

snip//

Begala's biases aside -- he is a consultant to the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities Action USA -- he has nearly 30 years of experience advising candidates, and knows a thing or two about managing media crises. When the Whitewater scandal hit the front pages, Begala was standing next to Bill Clinton in Texas when Clinton called a press conference to address reporters' questions.

"That was the difference," Begala told POLITICO in an interview yesterday. "When something like this happens, you have to respond -- and Romney won't respond. What that tells me is, there's probably more to this. I've been doing this for 28 years, and any time a politician won't release his tax returns, it's because he can't. Whatever is in there is worse than the Cayman Islands and shipping jobs to China. And like Lyndon Johnson said, 'You can't shine shit."

But the larger problem, Begala continued, is the 'calling card' issue -- the fact that Romney is running on his business experience, and little else.

"Whitewater didn't define Clinton -- he was running on other issues. Barack Obama didn't run for president as the Jeremiah Wright candidate, and George W. Bush didn't run on his service in the National Guard," Begala said, referring to the issues that plagued previous presidential campaigns. "But Romney is a one-trick pony. The only calling card Romney has for the presidency is his time in business. He never mentions his record in Massachusetts -- those years have been scrubbed. His raison d'être is his business background, and he won't come clean on it."

Again, Begala is biased, but he isn't the only one advising Romney to address questions about his Bain tenure head-on. Several Republican strategists have also said that Romney would better serve his candidacy by releasing more information about both his financial sector service and his finances in general.

And, Begala's critique gives you a pretty good indication of how the Dems intend to play this -- and tells you that they intend to play it straight through November.

[GopperStopper2680]

1. Thieves in the night shun the light

Romney won't pony up with his tax information and his past resumes because if he did it would probably expose a tidal wave of stinking brackish cess that would flush him completely out of any position he ever thought he stood at garnering the White House. He'd drown in an ocean of scandal. And indeed he's only barely keeping his head above water as it is now.

[SDjack]

15. Also, cockroaches. n/t

[ghurley]

2. I just love that quote... run ads against Bain after the election." :) n/t

[freshwest]

10. That'll be just in case anyone forgets why we're still fighting his pals in Congress.

[coalition_unwilling]

22. LMFAO - too funny! - n/t

[progressivebydesign]

3. "Bain Drain" news story that Romney was "repeating his mistakes" from when he ran in 1994

they were saying that he ran on his business experience, and it turned out to be a disaster. They're picking up meme that he's an idiot for pushing Bain, because of the issues.

It's bad for a candidate when the media has created a name for your fuck up: Bain Drain:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-bain-drain-repeating-mistakes-1994-campaign-against-181152853.html

[DallasNE]

17. Yes And No

Yes, he is repeating his mistake but this time he is going about it differently. This time he is refusing to give any details on anything, whether it be Bain, his tax returns or his proposals for this country. He has somehow concluded that a blank slate is a winning strategy and it is starting to blow up in his face.

[Kalidurga]

4. We may even run ads against Bain after the election..

that's too funny. You know if they do have any left over ad money that would be great. Just rub it in a lil more.

[TheWraith]

5. Romney's likely not responding because he can't.

I.e. he's trapped on the facts.

[babylonsister]

6. He will be responding tonight on all major networks, I hear.

Should be interesting.

[freshwest]

8. I'm sure someone will keep us apprised of his sociopathic ramblings. Then, we'll BBQ him again.

[denverbill]

7. The appropriately named Bain of Romney's campaign.

[malaise]

9. I heard that and cracked up laughing

Love it.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. His business background is severely tarnished

who knows he was around during the Iran contra affair?

[underpants]

12. Hmmm sounds familiar -turn a strength into a weakness (ala Rove)

I am glad we have cuthroats in there finally

[rocktivity]

13. Look who's calling someone biased -- the TMZ of politics

Begala's biases aside -- he is a consultant to the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities Action USA...

"Whitewater didn't define Clinton...Barack Obama didn't run for president as the Jeremiah Wright candidate, and George W. Bush didn't run on his service in the National Guard," Begala said..."But...(t)he only calling card Romney has for the presidency is his time in business. He never mentions his record in Massachusetts -- those years have been scrubbed. His raison d'être is his business background, and he won't come clean on it."

That's not political bias -- that's known as "pointing out the obvious." And it's obvious that Begala is absolutely right.


rocktivity

[Paka]

14. I needed a good chuckle this morning.

"Ads against Bain after the election" certainly did the trick.

[SDjack]

16. The Bain gig was so profitable that rMoney probably let some of his

GOP buddies in on some deals. Waiting to see what the digging turns up.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. What's Mitt Afraid Of?

What's Mitt Afraid Of?

He's afraid of releasing his tax returns. And he knows it, and now
everyone else does too.

Mitt is hiding his sorry greedy privileged life from all Americans.

There must be a reason.

What's Mitt Romney Afraid Of?

What's Mitt Romney Afraid Of?

What's Mitt Romney Afraid Of?

Go tell it on the mountain! Repeat it again and again.

[Third Doctor]

19. The Repubs

are so dumb for even considering this guy. Then again Romney won by outspending his opponents with negative ads. Not because of his ideas or character.

[arely staircase]

20. And like Lyndon Johnson said, 'You can't shine shit."

[coalition_unwilling]

23. Hah-hah. That is one hell of a quote! - n/t

[Solomon]

27. yes it is.

[Marr]

21. Romney's candidacy is itself proof that our system has been broken by wealth inequality.

The standard Republican constituencies don't want him. Christian fundamentalists don't like him because he's Mormon. Southerners don't like him because he's from Massachusetts. The rank and file in general don't like him because of his healthcare plan, his etch-a-sketch flip-flopping, and his whole country club persona.

The ONE THING he has going for him is that the 1% adore him. And that's enough to counter all the rest.

[dothemath]

24. maybe, but that won't be enoug

He can't be elected with 1% of anythi ........ oh wait, I forgot the supremes.

[Kalidurga]

25. Just stopped by to laugh again...

I hope that this tactic keeps on til November or until Romney needs to spend more time with his family.

[bluestateguy]

26. A know Begala is a Clinton man

but I do appreciate his loyalty to our president.

Not sure the same can be said about Carville.