nhboy
07-28-2012, 06:14 AM
Link to original article. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78977.html)
"The Obama campaign has had some success in attacking one of Mitt Romney’s two key claims for being able to fix the economy and help middle-class Americans: his tenure as head of Bain Capital.
You might then expect the presumptive Republican nominee to focus on his other major asset: his term as Massachusetts governor. But he’s not.
One reason, of course, is that talking about this reminds voters of Romney’s health care program, which President Barack Obama cites as one model for what Republicans denounce as “Obamacare.”
But there is a larger reason: the way Bay State voters now view him as their “un-favorite son.”
Massachusetts is vying with New York in polls as the state where Romney trails Obama the most. In Massachusetts, the state’s former governor is now estimated to be 21 percentage points behind the president."
"The Obama campaign has had some success in attacking one of Mitt Romney’s two key claims for being able to fix the economy and help middle-class Americans: his tenure as head of Bain Capital.
You might then expect the presumptive Republican nominee to focus on his other major asset: his term as Massachusetts governor. But he’s not.
One reason, of course, is that talking about this reminds voters of Romney’s health care program, which President Barack Obama cites as one model for what Republicans denounce as “Obamacare.”
But there is a larger reason: the way Bay State voters now view him as their “un-favorite son.”
Massachusetts is vying with New York in polls as the state where Romney trails Obama the most. In Massachusetts, the state’s former governor is now estimated to be 21 percentage points behind the president."