Marked Man: Obama Campaign Drops The Coy Routine And Steps Up Direct Attacks On Mitt Romney

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Marked Man: Obama Campaign Drops The Coy Routine And Steps Up Direct Attacks On Mitt Romney

Benjy Sarlin October 24, 2011, 4:50 AM

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“According to a Pew Study out last week, the President has received the critical media scrutiny you’d expect comes with the job, but the Republican candidates have thus far received largely fawning coverage as the horse race is covered much more closely than the policy positions they’ve laid out which would have very bad implications for middle class families,” LaBolt told TPM. “Until someone steps up to fill that void it’s our responsibility to do so.”

Early this month, the campaign issued a strategy memo laying out plans to paint Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Romney as pro-Wall Street Republicans captured by special interests while playing up Obama’s populism.

“From economics to immigration, Governor Perry, Governor Romney and the Republican field have embraced policies that the American people oppose,” wrote LaBolt. “The campaign to win the Republican nomination has become a campaign to win the hearts and minds of the Tea Party.”

Until recently, Obama’s re-election team had mostly left tough attacks on the GOP field to the Democratic National Committee, state parties, and outside groups like ex-White House staffer Bill Burton’s Priorities USA. But as the campaign has ratcheted up its direct attacks in the last few weeks, Romney especially has come under fire.

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1. There's a lot of material in Willard "Mittens" Romney. Let's use it.

I don't know of any modern day candidate who has held just about every position, on every issue, at some point in his political career. My head spins. :hi: