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Technical questions are, for the moment, dominating the dispute over when Mitt Romney really left Bain Capital. But from my point of view, on the sidelines of this particular story, it all seems much, much simpler.
The reason this issue is in dispute at all is because Mitt Romney wants full political inoculation from anything Bain did between early 1999 and 2002, when he definitely truly left the company. He wasn’t in charge, except in a narrow, technical sense; he’d delegated his duties; Bain’s business practices from that period can’t be hung around his neck.
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The Boston Globe is now saying it made a ‘mistake’ failing to credit Mother Jones and TPM for originally reporting the story about SEC documents showing that Mitt Romney remained in charge at Bain through 2002.
Globe Editor Martin Baron had this less than entirely credible explanation: “In the editing and shortening process, I have learned, passages giving credit were removed. That was a mistake, and we are now adding appropriate credit back to the online version.”
Meanwhile, Glenn Kessler seems to be sticking with his earlier claims that Romney actually did end his role at Bain in 1999, hanging his hat on the fact that the former SEC official the Globe asked about documents had given money to Democrats. This strikes me as the feeblest crutch of contemporary journalism. The issue is the filings — not the person you found to give a quote about them.
And if that’s not enough, Corn has another scoop out today about Romney’s decision to invest millions in a Chinese company that specialized in helping to relocate jobs from the US to China. Read it now before it appears as someone else’s exclusive.
What’s your favorite conspiracy theory about Romney’s speech to the NAACP? Take your pick.
Just who are the five Democrats who broke ranks yesterday to join Republicans in their (33rd) symbolic vote to repeal ‘Obamacare?’ Sahil Kapur explains.
Most Congressional maneuvering for the right to control political messaging is pretty tedious stuff. But tonight’s example’s at least somewhat significant.
Harry Reid signaled that his caucus is lined up to support President Obama’s plan to extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone’s first $250,000 in income.
So what was once “Even Senate Democrats don’t support Obama’s plan!” is now “Senate Republicans are blocking middle income tax cuts unless top earners get theirs too.”
Black leaders at NAACP privately confide to Romney about disappointment in Obama, refusal to vote for Obama.
According to Romney.
Romney campaign hires “Snob Productions” to run Colorado event, asks employees not to wear the company-issue shirts.