Carpentier: Attack on Romney’s Bain record too early to help Obama

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A film being released by a pro-Gingrich Super PAC that attacks Mitt Romney’s record of destroying jobs could actually end up also hurting President Barack Obama’s re-election chances, according to Raw Story’s executive editor.

Megan Carpentier told Current TV’s Cenk Uygur that the film “When Mitt Romney Came to Town,” which accuses the former Massachusetts governor of “looting” companies during his time at the head of Bain Capital, was being aired too early to be beneficial to Obama.

“I think you see Newt Gingrich’s efforts to be an attack dog, they go back decades,” she explained. “I think it presents a problem for the administration though because they probably had attacks like this lined up for September and October when independent voters were really starting to pay attention.”

“And by airing this in South Carolina in January of 2012, it’s going to be old hat to the news media and people paying attention come September, October, when the people who are actually the potential targets for this ad in the general election are finally paying attention,” Carpentier concluded.

Watch this video from Current TV’s The Young Turks, broadcast Jan 9, 2012.