Thursday, May 24, 2012

Romney private equity

  • The move, described by campaign officials, marks a change from the campaigns recent main focus on Romneys time as a private equity executive at Bain Capital aimed at casting him as more concerned with the wealthy than the middle class.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Although the Romney campaign plans to argue that Mr.
  • (New York Times)
  • (CBS News) At a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday evening, President Obama attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romneys Bain Capital experience, but sought to make clear that his criticisms are not an attack on the private equity industry.
  • (CBS News)
  • Ahead of the event, Obamas re-election campaign circulated a video of Romneys Iowa State Fair remarks, all aimed at bolstering their claim that the former private equity executive was a wealth-seeker who put investors interests ahead of the middle class.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Perhaps the newsiest of them all was Gingrichs insistence that attacking Romney on his private equity days -- something he tried to do during the heated days of the South Carolina primary -- would fail.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • DES MOINES, Iowa -- President Obama intensified his criticism of Mitt Romney's career in private equity investment on Thursday, declaring that involvement in "corporate buyouts" doesn't qualify someone for the Oval Office.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Romneys campaign planned to frame the attacks on his record at Bain as an attack on free enterprise, and to cast the auto bailout as an example of private equity at work.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Days before the fire people statement, Romney - who became a millionaire over his career in private equity - said there were times he was concerned for his job. I know what its like to worry about whether youre going to get fired, Romney said.
  • (KCRA.com)
  • But Bain-like opportunities are probably greater today since private equity firms are in the business of trying to save that which has already been lost.
  • (RedState)

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