Obama warns of fall Romney 'smear' machine

Washington Examiner ^ | 2/1/12 | Paul Bedard

[Nachum]

The Obama-Biden reelection campaign, which just announced it banked $224 million in 2011, is stepping up fundraising as it steels for an expected fall "smear" machine from GOP front-runner Mitt Romney. In an email to supporters this morning, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina warned that the Republicans will have a fat bank account to tap for negative ads, something both Romney and Newt Gingrich did in Florida. "They're going to try to spend and smear their way to the White House," Messina said about Republican groups and candidates.

[MEGoody]

The Obama-Biden reelection campaign, which just announced it banked $224 million in 2011, is stepping up fundraising as it steels for an expected fall "smear" machine from GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.

And of course, ZerO, you'd never DREAM of being the one to take the first shot. :::snort:::

[Tennessee Nana]

.....EXPOSE THIS RACIST, ANTI-AMERICAN ANTI-SEMITE!
____________________________________________

If Williard is the GOP nominee Obama will do just that...

[Spok]

Obama’s people are trying to innoculate his campaign from all of his gaff’s, lies, broken promises, corrupt practices and connections and failed programs being paraded before the voters. They should be worried-it’s a target rich environment. It will also reveal what the MSM HASN’T been reporting.

[Berlin_Freeper]

[Ranger Warrior]

The Romney machine needs to point out the facts:

The following describes the Obama Economic Record:

Unemployed Americans:
Inauguration day: 12 million
Today: 13.1 million
Change: +1.1 million

Unemployment rate:
Inauguration day: 7.8%
Today: 8.5%
Change: +9%

Gas Prices:
Inauguration day: $1.85
Today: $3.39
Change: +83%

Federal Debt:
Inauguration day: $10.6 trillion
Today: $15.2 trillion
Change: +43%

Debt per person:
Inauguration day: $34,731
Today: $48,699
Change: +$13,968

Misery Index:
Inauguration day: 7.8
Today: 11.9
Change: +53%

College tuition:
Inauguration day: $6,591
Today: $8,244
Change: +25%

Worker health insurance costs:
Inauguration day: $3,354
Today: $4,129
Change: 23%

Food stamp recipients:
Inauguration day: 32 million
Today: 46 million
Change: +45%

American in poverty:
Inauguration day: 39.8 million
Today: 46.2 million
Change: +6.4 million

Home values:
Inauguration day: $169,700
Today: $147,800
Change: -13%

US Global Competitiveness:
Inauguration day: 1st
Today: 5th
Change: - 4 places

Please add the number of rounds of golf Obama played, the vacations and costs this family spent on the taxpayer’s dime while reflecting upon the above listed statistics. Romney can avoid smearing Obama by just reciting the facts. Be prepared for a cataclysmic avalanche of attacks from Obama.

[goodnesswins]

Stop coffee....add alchohol

[jveritas]

Obama answer: Bain Capital, Bain Capital, and Bain Capital… and he has 1 billion dollars in his campaign and another 10 billion dollars from the media to repeat the same thing again and again and again. There is no way under the sun that a majority of voters are going to voters for investment banker who founded a company Bain Capital who main function is to sell and buy businesses and in the process thousands have lost their jobs. Only delusional people would think otherwise.

[jveritas]

You have the absolutely wrong person in Romney to point out these facts. It would not work against Obama if Romney is the man pointing them out.

[ColdOne]

Stop coffee....add alchohol Yeah then I wouldn't be able to post here without getting into MAJOR trouble..LOL!!!!

[pallis]

By the time Oromney gets around to running against Obama, he will have trashed his chances with conservatives. He won’t smear Obama like he has Newt, because Obama isn’t conservative.

[Kazan]

Two leftists slinging manure at each other...I can't wait!

Sounds like a good reason to subscribe to DVR service if one hasn't already.

[Munz]

I don’t think Obama fears Mittens at all.