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Rahm Emanuel: If Romney ‘whining’ about Bain, how will he handle China?
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) on Sunday advised presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney to “stop whining” about suggestions that he broke the law or lied to voters by saying he had “retired” from Bain Capital, even though Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents show that he was in charge of…
Romney refuses to release earlier tax returns, demands President Obama apologize
Candidate also confirms he has no intention of releasing income tax returns for years prior to 2010 In an interview with ABC News on Friday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney insisted that he had played “no role whatsoever in the management of Bain Capital after February of 1999″ and…
Obama campaign: ‘Severe consequences’ if Romney committed felony with Bain lies
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may be guilty of federal felony if he lied to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) about when he ceded control of Bain Capital, President Barack Obama’s campaign suggested on Thursday. The Boston Globe reported on Thursday that SEC documents showed that Romney continued…
Cory Booker Can’t Equate Bain Capital and Jeremiah Wright
I have a post up over at The Grio about the Cory Booker/Meet the Press shenanigans: Cory Booker’s appearance on Meet the Press sparked a firestorm on Sunday, the effects of which are still reverberating throughout the political sphere. In the interview, Booker criticized President Obama’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s…
Cramer: Romney is ‘a job destroyer, not a creator’
CNBC personality Jim Cramer provided an opinion Sunday morning that won’t be endorsed by Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney, calling his time at Bain Capital as one more about firing than hiring people. Appearing on Meet The Press in the roundtable segment, the Mad Money host differed with David…
Obama camp assails ‘vampire’ Romney in new ad
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama’s camp unleashed a fierce assault on his Republican foe Mitt Romney Monday, slamming the former venture capitalist as a “vampire” who got rich by bleeding dry ailing firms. A new campaign ad, relating the way Romney’s firm Bain Capital took over and ultimately closed…
Lawsuit: Former Bain execs fired employees for not being Mormon
Former executives from Bain Capital, a company founded by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have been accused of firing six out of seven members of a management team for not belonging to the Mormon church. David McCurdy and four other co-plaintiffs are suing Sorenson Capital Partners (SCP), Care Holding…
Romney berates Gingrich for making ‘$35,000 a year’
Multimillionaire Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney blasted former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday for the way he made a living in recent years. During a NBC debate in Tampa, Florida, Romney charged that Gingrich had “peddled influence” in his role as an advisor for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage…
In Bain deals, Romney gave stock to Mormon church
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Using a practice that made him eligible for large tax deductions, Mitt Romney gave the Mormon church substantial stock holdings that he obtained through his private equity firm, according to documents filed with the government and to Romney associates. The tactic used by Romney to help meet…
Fresh questions raised about Romney’s reign at Bain
Recent claims that the anti-Romney campaign ad, “King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came to Town,” is seriously flawed may lessen its impact on the Republican presidential primaries. A story at the Washington Post, however, adds fresh fuel to the fire by suggesting that Romney’s actions when he ran Bain…
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