DNC: Romney’s Alleged ‘Gag Order’ For Rick Scott Shows He’s ‘Rooting For Failure’ (updated) [View all]

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DNC: Romney’s Alleged ‘Gag Order’ For Rick Scott Shows He’s ‘Rooting For Failure’

Democrats are out the gate this morning hammering Mitt Romney for a report in Bloomberg News that he asked Rick Scott to tone down his rosy rhetoric about how great the recovery was going in Florida under his leadership.

“Republicans in Congress are trying to stall the economy and Mitt Romney is issuing gag orders against talking about the recovery,” DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse said in an e-mail to reporters. “‘Rooting for failure’ doesn’t even do all this justice.”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/dnc-romneys-alleged-gag-order-for-rick-scott

Updated to add:

Romney To Republican Governor: Discussing The Economic Recovery Will Hurt My Election Chances

By Tara Culp-Ressler

Republican governors in states across the country have been touting their states’ economic growth, pointing to falling unemployment rates and continued signs of economic recovery. Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) has expressed frustration that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is using his state as an example of the nation’s economic woes.

However, since positive economic messages directly contradict Romney’s central campaign push — convincing voters that Obama has made the economy worse — the Romney campaign would prefer to downplay any signs of recovery.

In fact, the Romney campaign has directly asked Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) to “tone down” his positive statements about Florida’s improving economy because they inconveniently clash with Romney’s national narrative. Two campaign officials confirmed that Scott has been asked to instead say that his state’s economy would improve under a Republican presidency, Bloomberg News reports:

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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/21/503533/romney-republican-governor-economic-recovery/