TPM Reader JL thinks it’s only the tip of the iceberg …
I am of course delighted to see Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain coming into focus.
But I think the focus on jobs, as potent as it is, may distract from an even more problematic aspect of the private equity business. And I think the Obama campaign, or the DNC, or the Dem Super PACs, or all three would be wise to focus on it. Maybe not now, but eventually. Yes, it’s important, perhaps critical to put the lie to the image of Mitt Romney as a job creator. But perhaps more important is the idea that Mitt has spent his career playing with other people’s money.
John McCain’s “get off my lawn!” tour of New Hampshire with Mitt Romney.
Democrats had hoped to keep their powder dry on Bain Capital until the general election. It didn’t work out as planned.
Just a few moments ago, Romney surrogate and former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu made a very odd comment. He suggested that the investor community might punish Newt-backer Sheldon Adelson for funding Newt’s anti-Bain Capital movie, the one they’re going to go to town with in South Carolina.
Adelson is a billionaire casino mogul who has plenty of money himself but in the nature of things is in constant need of finance capital to fund new projects.
I think people invest money with Adelson because they think they’re going to get a good return. So I don’t think he really has a lot to worry about. But it sounded to me like sort of a threat, albeit not a terribly credible one — and an odd one since that’s a key base for Romney.
Watch the video here.
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY), a Mitt Romney surrogate, today on MSNBC: “Yesterday the governor said something about firing people. I think that’s a very good thing. I think that’s a very good thing because it’s honest and it’s real.”
It’s the only new literary genre of the 2012 campaign: the Mitt-ism! “Corporations are people, my friend!” “I like being able to fire people.” “I’m also unemployed!” Which is your favorite. We rate them all ten of them on a five star system: the Top Ten Mitt-isms … So Far.
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Our New Hampshire scoreboard is ready to go. Expect the race to be called by the networks for Romney almost immediately after all the polls close at 8 p.m. ET.