The rich people who tend to invest in private equity are probably more inclined to invest with Bain Capital than ever, precisely because it was a target of the angry Poors. Just to be on the safe side, though, Bain wrote its investors a love note yesterday just to make sure everybody was still cool.
If you think Romney is ready to transcend his questionable business practices, consider that in his only political job, in one term as Massachusetts governor, Romney stood aloof from legislators. Clearly he just suffered through the degrading experience of running a state to build his resume for a White House run.