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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: calgal who wrote (138823)7/20/2012 11:56:49 PM
From: calgal  Read Replies (1) of 224757
 
The 'Bain' of Romney, or Obama?
6:00 AM, May 23, 2012 • By JAY COST


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There is dissension in the Democratic ranks on President Obama’s reelection strategy. His campaign team has decided to focus on Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital – which ended over a decade ago – as an illustration of what a Romney presidency might look like. Loose-lipped Democrats like Harold Ford Jr., Ed Rendell, and even rising stars like Deval Patrick and Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, have publicly said they’re uncomfortable with this approach. And this echoes the sentiments of some off-the-record Democrats.


What to make of this?

Well, for starters, there really is no such thing as “fair play” in presidential campaigns. Look at the first contested battles between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson some 200 years ago and you’ll see accusations of godless radicalism and incipient monarchism being tossed around without a second thought. And those two worked together on the Declaration of Independence! Beyond what the law says, there is no right and wrong in presidential campaigns; it really is only a matter of what will sell to the public and what won’t.

What I find much more interesting is how terribly lame Team Obama’s strategy is. According to the president himself, a centerpiece of their campaign is to turn Mitt Romney into some kind of amoral corporate raider. There are two, enormous problems with this.


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