"Romney uses lessons from bruising GOP primary to fight back against Obama" by Justin Sink [View all]

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Romney uses lessons from bruising GOP primary to fight back against Obama
By Justin Sink - 05/27/12 05:35 AM ET at The Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/229667-romney-uses-lessons-from-gop-primary-to-fight-back-at-obama

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“A lot of people want to talk about how we create jobs,” Romney said, campaigning in January. “By the way — it is not to walk away from free enterprise. It is not to say that there is something wrong with the free market system. No, it is to hold fast to that system and to make it work for the American people.”

Romney's recent rebuttal carried even greater weight because the Republican challenger was able to point to high-profile Democrats who were balking at the president's line of attack.

When former Obama car czar Steve Rattner called the ad “unfair” and Newark Mayor Cory Booker dubbed the attack “nauseating,” Team Romney quickly pounced, circulating the comments to reporters and cutting web videos that prominently featured the off-message remarks.

That quickly put the Obama campaign on defense, and forced prominent Democrats from states like Connecticut, California, and New York, where donors from companies like Bain Capital wield a heavy influence, to choose sides on the issue. A Republican National Committee web video published Friday mocking the president for the “worst week ever” tallied 14 prominent Democrats expressing some skepticism about the Bain advertisements.


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