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Obama Spokesman: Romney Vision Is Back To The Future
President Obamas campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt responded to Mitt Romneys victory speech on Tuesday by tying the Republican standard bearer to George W. Bushs economic policies. His statement offers a good summary of how the Obama camp plans to frame the overall race as it heads into the general. Notice the lack of any flip flop attack on Romney, an angle that has been largely sidelined in recent days as the Obama camp has instead tried to emphasize Romneys conservatism and wealthy background. From LaBolt:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-spokesman-romney-vision-is-back-to-future
President Obamas campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt responded to Mitt Romneys victory speech on Tuesday by tying the Republican standard bearer to George W. Bushs economic policies. His statement offers a good summary of how the Obama camp plans to frame the overall race as it heads into the general. Notice the lack of any flip flop attack on Romney, an angle that has been largely sidelined in recent days as the Obama camp has instead tried to emphasize Romneys conservatism and wealthy background. From LaBolt:
The title for Governor Romneys speech tonight should have been Back to the Future, because he has proposed a return to the same policies that got us into the economic crisis in the first place forcing the middle class to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, letting Wall Street write its own rules, and eliminating investments in the security of the middle class. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Governor Romney believes that showering the wealthiest Americans with special giveaways will make the middle class thrive. We have tried those policies before. They didnt unleash growth, they didnt spur job creation and they didnt boost the middle class. And while Mitt Romney praised those policies in 2004, they led to a recovery that produced seven times fewer private sector jobs than the Presidents policies, despite a significantly milder recession compared to the one the President faced coming into office.
This election will be a choice between two candidates, two records, and two visions for the country. The President brought the economy back from the brink of another Depression, bet on American workers to spur the comeback of the American auto industry and American manufacturing, kept his promise to end the war in Iraq and refocus on al Qaeda and fought every day to build an economy where hard work paid off and responsibility are rewarded. Governor Romney referred to himself as the ideal Tea Party candidate, and his policies earn him that title. He would stack the deck against the middle class, pull the rug out from under growing sectors of our economy like manufacturing and clean energy and promote giveaways to Americans who can afford to lobby for them.
Mitt Romney has spent the past year out on the campaign trail tearing down the President with a negative message that even Republicans who have endorsed him have criticized. This marks the end of that monologue. Now he must put his record and his agenda next to the Presidents.
This election will be a choice between two candidates, two records, and two visions for the country. The President brought the economy back from the brink of another Depression, bet on American workers to spur the comeback of the American auto industry and American manufacturing, kept his promise to end the war in Iraq and refocus on al Qaeda and fought every day to build an economy where hard work paid off and responsibility are rewarded. Governor Romney referred to himself as the ideal Tea Party candidate, and his policies earn him that title. He would stack the deck against the middle class, pull the rug out from under growing sectors of our economy like manufacturing and clean energy and promote giveaways to Americans who can afford to lobby for them.
Mitt Romney has spent the past year out on the campaign trail tearing down the President with a negative message that even Republicans who have endorsed him have criticized. This marks the end of that monologue. Now he must put his record and his agenda next to the Presidents.
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Obama Spokesman: Romney Vision Is ‘Back To The Future’ (Original Post)
ProSense
Apr 2012
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
opihimoimoi
(52,426 posts)2. Mitt is unfitt for the Oval Office,,....no clear descriptions of any major issues with solutions..
Nada, zilch, nai, puka,
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Agree. n/t