Rasmussen poll: The Bain attack is a flop

Hotair ^ | 01/16/2012 | Tina Korbe

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

WHY is Newt and others NOT attacking Mittens on his LIBERAL record, such as Romney Care, 2nd Amend, Appointing Leftist Judges, etc?

With so much ammo to use, I'm confoozed as to why NO ONE is even addressing these issue???

[Linda Frances]

I would push Romney about releasing all his taxes....and mention we don't need a October surprise when Obama finds a way to get it out to the public. If he has nothing to hide, release it.

[Longbow1969]

I suspect that many of us have been laid off due to things like this over the years.

You don't have to tell me. My first career was in banking right out of college. I went through 3 buyouts where all the bigger banks wanted was the deposit base. They promptly fired all the redundancy and overhead and many people lost jobs each time. It is what it is. In the end those smaller banks probably wouldn't have made it anyway. In fact, they were probably created with the sole intention of being bought one day and making a lot of money for the board/large shareholders.

This line of attack from Perry and Newt was just dumb. Bain may not be all puppy dogs and sunshine, but it is largely a necessary part of capitalism. Many large companies exist today which employ a lot of people because of Bain and venture capital firms like it. This whole attack put conservatives like Rush, Hannity, Levin, etc, in a position of defending capitalism itself and associating it with none other than RINO Mitt. These attacks were exactly what Romney needed in a GOP primary and the end result is probably a big net positive for Romney who is the least conservative candidate in the field. Just dumb.

[Linda Frances]

WHY is Newt and others NOT attacking Mittens on his LIBERAL record, such as Romney Care, 2nd Amend, Appointing Leftist Judges, etc?

Why is no one saying he has zero experience on protecting this country! This haven't even brought it up at all have they?

[mas cerveza por favor]

Rush Limbaugh has called Gingrich’s attacks on Romney’s record at Bain Capital “indefensible,” “sad,” “absurd,” and “the language of leftists like Michael Moore and Oliver Stone.”

It is Limbaugh who should apologize for sabotaging Newt's campaign. It was absurd to portray criticism of one company as an attack upon the entire capitalist system. Bain Capital is fair game especially in a contest where Romney has not hesitated to go negative. Newt's message did not catch on because of its unified rejection by the MSM with MSM hack Limbaugh leading the way.

[woofie]

Because at one point Newt supported Romney care...but then he has un supported it too and he has semi supported it and semi un supported it

Newt likes to cover the bases

[SaxxonWoods]

That’s interesting. So, all the homeless and broke people in MA are in prison? How many? When do they get out? As soon as they are out, won’t they just be arrested immediately for, um, you know what?

[cripplecreek]

In my case it was industrial but its essentially the same thing.

The board of directors looked at the company and saw that we were profitable but not in a huge way and compared it with a scenario of buying us out and shipping the work off to another one of their companies. The buy and close option was the more profitable option so it went to a vote among stockholders and that was all she wrote.

In fact they worked us hard for about a year while increasing the number of employees and cutting nearly everyone back to part time as a means of getting rid of employees cheaply.

[woofie]

why dont you just blame Bush? its spelled like Rush

[Krankor]

Romney will be the nominee. Live with it.

[cripplecreek]

Newt likes to cover the bases

Kinda like his idea of a scam of eliminating the EPA and replacing it with another federal agency that he himself has said will "incentivise" energy through things like incentives for buying flex fuel vehicles.

[woofie]

If you are right (and I think you are) what happens on FR in the months ahead?

[LibLieSlayer]

No... if mitt wins the nomination... we will ALL LIVE with obama for four more years.

LLS

[BfloGuy]

The point was never to attack capitalism, but to draw into question McRomney’s electability.

I'm sure that was the point, but it didn't come across that way. Newt gambled big and lost. And then Perry joined in -- followed reluctantly by Santorum. The "clown car" was finally full.

Newt ended up turning Romney into a victim. His decision (aided by the big money he couldn't resist) will go down in history as one of the biggest political miscalculations ever. What a stupid, stupid thing to do.

[Krankor]

I guess it will be like the Underground Railway. In the grand scheme of things, I’d rather have Mitt appoint a Supreme Court Justice than Obama.

[neocon1984]

I was willing to look past Newt’s excessive baggage (e.g., the sofa scene with Pelosi) to support him, but he has definitely jumped the shark.

Put a fork in him. He’s done.

[hinckley buzzard]

it doesn't matter if you have nothing to eat, are homeless, and dressed in rags, you gotta' pay that insurance first or GO TO PRISON.

Well, look at it this way: if you're in prison, you get free medical care.

[RIghtwardHo]

For now. Just wait til the Dems get a hold of this and our clueless electorate tunes in. This line of attack is hardly over.

[montag813]

He was attacking unethical, ruthless and immoral behavior by Romney. Such attacks are no more an attack on capitalism than attacks on abortionists are an attack on the medical profession.

Yeah, I saw that silly quote endlessly as well. Unfortunately Newt chose to use an absurd, lie-filled pseudo-documentary worthy of Michael Moore. It was so rapidly debunked that Newt was asking its producers to make major changes within days of posting it.

[CommerceComet]

Obama will show the guys how to do it right this fall. He’ll make Bain an albatross around Mitt’s neck like Ted Kennedy did.