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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 07:53 AM Jul 2012

Romney Bain Capital Attacks Weaken Him In Swing States, Priorities USA Action Poll Finds

Source: The Huffington Post

Mitt Romney's Bain Capital business experience is increasingly turning into a political liability, according to a swing-state poll released today by Priorities USA Action, the super PAC supporting President Barack Obama.

The survey, conducted by Democratic pollsters Global Strategy Group and the Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group on behalf of the super PAC, supports growing evidence that voters are less likely to vote for Romney based on what they are seeing and hearing about his tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital. Larger polls late last month first showed the shift toward Obama that experts attributed to the president's attacks on Romney's business career.

Among voters polled from battleground states Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, 37 percent said Romney's business experience would make them less likely to vote for him, compared with 27 percent who responded that it would make them more likely to vote for him. Another 58 percent of respondents said they feel Romney's priority as CEO was to earn millions for himself and his investors, irrespective of the consequences for jobs and employees. The poll adds fresh proof that Obama's attacks on Bain Capital are working, despite criticism from Democratic leaders and prominent Obama backers.

The Priorities USA Action memo describing the poll noteed that the super PAC has run advertising in 11 media markets across the five battleground states where voters were polled. In those markets, 40 percent of voters said Romney's record at Bain Capital makes them less likely to vote for him.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/romney-bain-capital-swing-states-priorities-usa-action_n_1663763.html



That's really going to break the hearts of the corporatist pundits in the "lib'rul media" who have been needing someone to fetch the smelling salts since the issue was raised.
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Romney Bain Capital Attacks Weaken Him In Swing States, Priorities USA Action Poll Finds (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2012 OP
Gee, my heart bleeds for the lying sack of crap Cary Jul 2012 #1
Boo F*#in' hoo, Mittster. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #2
In other news, fire is hot. JoeyT Jul 2012 #3
LOL. Who should we put in our party? Sociopaths or morons? Deep13 Jul 2012 #5
Wow, that is really sad. Deep13 Jul 2012 #4

Cary

(11,746 posts)
1. Gee, my heart bleeds for the lying sack of crap
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 08:02 AM
Jul 2012

Well, actually no. My heart doesn't bleed for him at all but I bet there's lots and lots of hand wringing amongst the fascists about the success of attacks on their precious oligarchs. It's so tough these days to have excessive wealth. You actually get taxed on your unprecedented share of the GDP at half the rate you were taxed 30 years ago and now your excesses are actually a political liability!

The horror. The horror.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
3. In other news, fire is hot.
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 08:40 AM
Jul 2012

Who would have thought "Hey, guy X was a shitheel that plundered companies and thought firing people was an awesome way to spend an afternoon." would make people hate him when unemployment is high.

That 27 percent are the same bunch that thought Bush was doing an awesome job, even at the end. We'll never get them because they're a combination of sociopaths and morons.

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
5. LOL. Who should we put in our party? Sociopaths or morons?
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 09:30 AM
Jul 2012

Hell, why should we choose when we can have both!

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
4. Wow, that is really sad.
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 09:29 AM
Jul 2012

I hope I do not seem callous when I exploit this tragic development by pointing out what an asshole Romney is.

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