Romney Campaign Said to Ask Scott to Downplay Job Gains

[Godhumor]

Source: Bloomberg

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state’s economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee’s message that the nation is suffering under President Barack Obama, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Scott, a Republican, was asked to say that the state’s jobless rate could improve faster under a Romney presidency, according to the people, who asked not to be named.

What’s unfolding in Florida highlights a dilemma for the Romney campaign: how to allow Republican governors to take credit for economic improvements in their states while faulting Obama’s stewardship of the national economy. Republican governors in Ohio, Virginia, Michigan and Wisconsin also have highlighted improving economies.

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Romney’s campaign is eager to sell its economy message in Florida, one of the most competitive electoral battlegrounds, where the past three presidential races were decided by 5 percentage points or less. Obama leads Romney, 46 percent to 42 percent, in a Quinnipiac University poll released today, a shift from May when the Republican was in the lead, 47 percent to 41 percent.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-21/romney-campaign-said-to-ask-scott-to-downplay-job-gains.html

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News doesn't fit your campaigning? Why, pretend it's not real! that's the Romney way!

[Stargazer09]

1. Well, that and...

...illegal purging of voters. Romney must know that he can't win without various forms of cheating.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. That's just it, repugs CAN'T win without various forms of cheating. Nothing new there, really.

[lark]

8. So they cheat and cheat and cheat and cheat some more

They throw legal voters off the roles for the sin of being Democrat, they get laws changed so the rich can literally buy elections. They own the hackable voting machines and switch our votes, they own the airwaves, and know they can get away with it for this election then if their candidate wins, no prosecution will happen or they will get slapped on the wrist at most.
I really hate this.

[siligut]

3. Romney has lived his whole life pretending in a lie

His campaign is apologetics.

[democrat_patriot]

4. I smell a DNC video in the making.

If it happened there, it's happening in MI and OH as well.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. So not only do Republicans need to sabotage any Congressional efforts at economic recovery

they need to simultaneously talk down any signs of improvement. Why do they hate America?

[liberal N proud]

6. This needs to be made mainstream and viral all at the same time

It needs to be on the evening news, the morning news and on the front page of all the news papers.

These liars need to be exposed for who they are and made examples of.

[lin_e65]

7. Bite the bullet....

So Romney is asking Rick Scott to put his (Romney's) election before Scott's re-election. Isn't economic growth a feather in a governor's cap? Scott would be real stupid to do this. But.......

[justiceischeap]

9. With the ongoing problems we've had with the economy, do the Repubs think people won't notice

if it improves in their daily lives? It's not like he can say the economy sucks under Obama when people are actually doing better under Obama.

IMO, you can pull a lot of crap in politics but one thing people really take notice of is the economy, jobless rates and gas prices. You can't spin that shit.