President Obama's decision to go after Mitt Romney's claims of job creation while he was at Bain Capital has sent the media and many Democrats scurrying to form a defensive line in front of private equity, and convince the President that it won't work. According to a couple of new reports, however, it turns out that the President's widely-mischaracterized line of attack, that the object of private equity is not job creation, is resonating with... full story ![]()

A laid-off employee from a company owned by Bain Capital will join Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) as her guest at the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Dot Turner was one of 170 workers at Sensata Technologies' Freeport, Ill., plant who had their jobs offshored to China last year. Turner had worked at the plant for 43 years. "I hope that President Obama lays out a plan that...
huffingtonpost.com (3 months and 12 days ago)

Charlie SpieringWhy won’t Team Romney go away? The failed Republican presidential candidate, together with his lead campaign strategist Stuart Stevens, appear determined to re-enter the political conversation at a time when Republicans are trying to move past their failed 2012 campaign. Over the weekend, Stevens explained that he didn’t think the media was “in the tank” for...
washingtonexaminer.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
Much has been written about the Obama campaign's technological advantage in the last election and how the campaign's 50+ quants mastered the dark art of big data analysis to rally voters and raise money. Headlines like this one from CNN -- "How Obama's data crunchers helped him win" -- abounded in the months after the electoral victory. The campaign tracked responses to...
forbes.com (1 month and 7 days ago)

He accuses Obama of 'berating Republicans' instead of seeking bipartisan resolutions to federal spending cuts. Romney also says he does not envision a future in politics.Stepping back into the spotlight for the first time Sunday, Mitt Romney offered a blunt critique of President Obama — accusing his former rival of playing politics rather than finding a resolution to...
latimes.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
For Mitt Romney, there will be no next chapter in politics — at least no third run for the presidency. But in his first post-campaign interview, the former Massachusetts governor did not shy away Sunday from his criticism of President Obama and said he hoped to help the Republican Party regain its footing — from a distance.
orlandosentinel.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.The GOP nominee tells "Fox News Sunday" that he knew his campaign was in trouble when exit polls suggested a close race in Florida. Romney thought he'd win the state solidly.Obama ended up taking Florida and won the...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 24 days ago)

DETROIT, MI - Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Detroit native, gave an exclusive interview with Fox News on Sunday that hit a variety of topics and appeared to deliver a lot of sobering honesty. Romney admitted how painful it's been to lose the presidential election to President Barack Obama and mistakes made along the Republican nominees campaign for the...
mlive.com (2 months and 23 days ago)

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign may never have sunk the way it did were it not for the disclosure of his notorious "47 percent" comments — and President Obama is apparently quite grateful for the opposition researcher who helped unearth the video.
nydailynews.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Mitt Romney says it "kills" him that he's not the president, but doesn't blame his loss to Barack Obama on Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or anything except his failed election campaign. “It kills me not to be there," Romney said on "Fox News Sunday" in his first television interview since his November [...]
yahoo.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
In last year's election, Long Islanders gave a majority of their votes to President Barack Obama but donated a majority of their campaign money to help Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
newsday.com (1 month and 23 days ago)
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