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Obama, Romney Seek New Lines Of Attack

AP | KEN THOMAS and KASIE HUNT | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney on securing the Republican presidential nomination, a gesture coupled...

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Vague, Imprecise Romney Claim Could Be Problematic

Washington Post | Posted 05.30.2012

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Now that the “100,000 jobs created” talking-point has been discredited, we sense a new talking point developing in the Romney campaign — that 80...

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'Nauseating' Booker Controversy Sparks Resignation

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.29.2012

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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker's communications director Anne Torres has resigned in the wake of the mayor's controversial "Meet the Press" rema...

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Obama Campaign: Why Won't Romney Stand Up To 'Voices Of Extremism'?

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.29.2012

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The Obama campaign is criticizing Mitt Romney for campaigning with Donald Trump despite the latter's continued focus on the "birther" conspiracy. ...

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Why Those Praising Income Inequality Are Wrong

Timothy Noah | Posted 05.29.2012

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Timothy Noah

Edward Conard has gotten a lot of press lately for writing a book that praises income inequality. Indeed, it is hard to ignore the hasty and ill-informed arguments he makes.

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Mitt Romney, Private Equity and Apples and Oranges

Carol Roth | Posted 05.28.2012

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Carol Roth

Three and a half years ago, Barack Obama was granted a position of leadership by the citizens of the United States. We are his stakeholders and should judge him on the job that he was elected to do as well.

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Obama: Romney Put Profits Ahead of Losses

Steven Clifford | Posted 05.28.2012

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Steven Clifford

Obama released Bain Private Placement Memoranda prepared for investors during Romney's tenure. Obama found the documents "mean-spirited." "They reveal that Romney employed the lure of profits to entice investors," Obama claimed.

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Bain Capital Not the Most Important Issue: Citizens United and Voter Suppression Should Be a Greater Concern

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.28.2012

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Clarence B. Jones

While the media and blogosphere have been pre-occupied with the issue of Romney's time at Bain Capital, there is a more ominous challenge to President Obama's re-election.

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Romney Economics: Cheat Main Street

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.28.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

Bain's handling of Ampad illustrates how the rich extract money from these deals and leave behind wounded workers and Main Street shops.

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Sheila Bair as Vice President. Governor Romney, Are You Listening?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.28.2012

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Raymond J. Learsy

Romney is identified hand and fist with Wall Street's interests. Yet it is still early in the campaign. It would be a coup were his campaign to look to that singular personage in government who fought tooth and nail for the interests of everyday America.

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Gingrich Defends Romney On Bain Despite Once Making Those Same Attacks

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 05.27.2012

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Newt Gingrich on Sunday defended Mitt Romney from attacks made on his record at Bain Capital. "Bain as an issue doesn't work because people look a...

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Perry Sounds Warning Over Dems' Romney Attack

CNN | Posted 05.26.2012

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"It didn't work then. It's not going to work now." Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke from experience Friday when he argued the recent Democratic attacks ...

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USA Inc.: Profit-Motive vs. People-Motive

Rep. Stacey Abrams | Posted 05.25.2012

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Rep. Stacey Abrams

As the firestorm dies down about Bain Capital, the core of the debate must remain. What ethic will guide our next president? Will he have a profit-motive or a people-motive?

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Private Equity Firms: What Are They Good For?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2012

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Jared Bernstein

2012-05-25-Screenshot20120525at9.21.00AM.pngPrivate equity firms are not net job creators and they sure don't need the crazily huge distortionary tax break that they get.

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Mitt Romney Talking Points: A Private Equity Insider Offers Pointers

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 05.24.2012

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One private equity industry insider expressed displeasure with Mitt Romney's explanations so far in defense of his record at Bain Capital, which has c...

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Private Equity Insider's Tip For Romney

Jon Ward | Posted 05.24.2012

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One private equity industry insider Thursday expressed displeasure with Mitt Romney's explanations so far in defense of his record at Bain Capital, wh...

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Booker Addresses 'Meet The Press' Critics On Twitter

Benjamin Hart | Posted 05.25.2012

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Newark mayor Cory Booker sent out a series of impassioned tweets Thursday evening in response to continuing fallout from his appearance on "Meet The P...

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Cory Booker Got It Right -- and the GOP Got It Wrong

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.24.2012

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Lanny Davis

Democrats can win this thing on the facts. No need for misleading ads.

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Which Wall Street Party Do You Want to Vote For?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.24.2012

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Joseph A. Palermo

It's an uphill climb for Obama to even mildly criticize Mitt Romney for being a vulture capitalist given his lack of accomplishment in holding anyone on Wall Street accountable for the economic carnage they wreaked.

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Should There Be a "Sell By" Date for Presidential JOBS Responsibility?

Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.24.2012

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Frank A. Weil

There is no legitimate basis for concluding that Obama has failed American workers. Bush and changes in the global economy did that. These indisputable facts point to the vital question of when a president should be held responsible for job destruction and creation.

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Sam Stein

As Gingrich Attacked Romney On Bain, Obama-Allied Super PAC Took Notes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.24.2012

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NEW YORK -- The first sustained attacks against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney over his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital to...

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Bain and the Inside-the-Beltway Gang

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2012

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Mike Lux

Here's the deal about this election year: Democrats are going to have blow off these attitudes by their Wall Street gang if they are going to have a chance to win this election.

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Ryan Grim

WATCH: The Bain Bust Out: How Tony Soprano Explains Private Equity

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.24.2012

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The national debate over private equity so far has hinged on the question of whether experience in the field qualifies Mitt Romney, the former Bain Ca...

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Romney: Obama Doesn't Understand Economy

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is trying to counter President Barack Obama's argument that he would bring back Republican Party economic policies that have...

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Glass-Steagall and Private Equity: Fact and Fiction

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.24.2012

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Robert Teitelman

The "success" of private equity must mean that everyone must be an entrepreneur, an engineer or an M.B.A. "Change" that worked in the conditions of the '70s must be the solution in times that even Brooks admits are "radically different."

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