What do you think of Mitt Romney?

[Armstead]

Bill Clinton kinda liked him in 2012. And Hillary wants Bill to be an important economic adviser.

http://thehill.com/video/campaign/230405-clinton-says-romney-qualified-to-run-defends-bain-work

Bill Clinton says Mitt Romney qualified to run, defends Bain work

By Amie Parnes - 06/01/12 09:43 AM EDT
Former President Clinton on Thursday night became the latest surrogate for President Obama to stray from campaign talking points, saying GOP nominee Mitt Romney's business experience "crosses the qualification threshold."

In an interview on the Piers Morgan show on CNN, Clinton said the Obama campaign shouldn't spend its energy criticizing Romney's work at Bain Capital, an argument that has taken center stage in the debate over which candidate can better lead the U.S. economy.


"I don't think we ought to get into the position where we say, 'This is bad work. This is good work,' " Clinton told guest host Harvey Weinstein, a staunch Obama supporter who has helped raise millions of dollars for the president's reelection campaign.
"There's no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office and basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold," he said.

Earlier this month, Obama’s team launched an aggressive campaign against Romney’s tenure as the head of investment firm Bain Capital, which the GOP contender touts as preparing him to manage the nation’s economy.

In a series of ads, the campaign ripped Romney for shuttering businesses including a steel mill and paper plant, claiming he prioritized maximizing investor profit over protecting jobs, laying off hundreds of people in the process.

Clinton's comments come on the heels of remarks by other Obama surrogates, who have said that the president's team shouldn't focus on Bain. Two weeks ago Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker said the campaign's attacks on Bain were "nauseating." Former Obama auto czar Steve Rattner also recently called the campaign's ads against Bain "unfair." Both Booker and Rattner have since walked back their original statements.

[Joe the Revelator]

1. Chances are he's to the left of Hillary on a couple of policies positions....

as are most moderate republicans.

[metroins]

2. Romney was qualified

And I'd take him over a lot of the Republicans, especially Trump.

He's definitely not in line with my ideals but he most certainly is/was not the worst. He was better than McCain.

[JoePhilly]

3. Meh.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. Same as before.

[lastlib]

5. After a primary season of Trump and Cruz, (and Palin rearing her silly head)...

I''m almost nostalgic for Mittens.

[shanti]

7. Almost

Not excited about a theocracy. At all.

[Hoyt]

6. Sounds like Clinton was saying that's not how to campaign against Romney.

[Armstead]

8. That was exactly how to campaign against Romney

But the Democratic Establishment types don;t want to be on the side of the majority against people of "accomplishment" like Mittens.

That's what has taken the blood and soul out of the Democratic Party.

[Hoyt]

9. I think you are wrong as to best way to campaign against someone like Romney.

But not worth debating since it's over, and we won.

[Armstead]

12. What helped was Romney's Elitism and his role as a job killer

That was his achilles heel.

[Corporate666]

11. I worked for Romney when he was governor of MA

He is a great executive and an effective leader. The people who worked with him liked him a lot. I agree with Clinton - you can dislike Romney's policies, but bashing the finance sector is stupid. It provides and important function to our economy.

As for Bill Clinton - it's laughable that people here are painting him as some sort of horrible president. I think a lot of the posters here weren't alive or were too young to be working adults when Clinton was President. If Clinton was a bad president, then we could use a lot more similarly bad presidents. The economy was good. We weren't at war. We weren't in financial dire straights. Things got done. Compromise was used as an effective tool to pick battles and make progress forward. Sure, not everything was perfect, but the average American was a LOT happier, a lot more optimistic about the future and a lot more satisfied with the government than they are today.

I'll say it again... if Bill Clinton was a bad President, then we could use a lot more such bad Presidents.

[Armstead]

13. The finance sector has gotten way out of hand

And the economy of the 90's was a cocaine high followed by the inevitable crash.

I don't expect you to see it that way....but many do who have seen or been on the receiving end of the atrocious monopolization of the economy, the shift from productivity widely shared to sleazy deal making that benefits the few at the expense of many....

[Agschmid]

14. Romney was qualified to run.

No question about it, I'd never vote for him... Even though my liberal state elected him govenor.