Can someone tell me when the Mitt/Bain Downfall video gets posted on Youtube?
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Our Ryan Reilly took a deep look at how states that passed voter ID laws are going about educating their citizens on the new regulations. Judging by the following quote, what he found wasn’t encouraging.
“I’ve got a younger person in the office, he’s in his 20s, so he was kind of coordinating the college voters, so that was kind of his job,” Goins told TPM. “I’ve got a minority, well I hate to use the word minority, but I’ve got a person of color within the office who was the minority outreach, if you will, if you use that term. She was the person who went to some NAACP meetings.”
This seems like a bit of a problem. It’s an October 24, 2002 article in the Boston Globe, referenced in a new article in Politicker which describes an earlier Romney effort to dodge responsibility for a business deal because of an earlier ‘leave of absence’. Only someone who worked for him at the time says he actually remained involved and running the show. Read More
Romney planning interviews on all three major networks in post-Bain, offshore account meltdown press push.
Romney bus seen circling but so far not honking at Obama event.
So a lot of Republicans wish Mitt Romney would just get it over with and release several years of tax returns. If you want evidence that Romney’s drowning in the Bain deluge, there it is. His allies think a complete accounting is his only lifeline.
But only a tiny circle of people really know if that’s true. And for my money the one to watch is Steve Schmidt. Read More
After 2002 testimony surfaces, Romney campaign refuses to deny Romney attended Bain meetings or had contact with Bain post-1999.
Running my own little company and him being a bona-fide high-flyer, I never imagined I’d be in a position to teach Mitt Romney a basic lesson about corporate governance and running a business. But here goes: The CEO is in charge and he’s responsible for what happens in the company. Read More