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"Healey ends her review of Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts"
9:17: Healey ends her review of Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts without mentioning the administration’s greatest accomplishment: Romneycare.
9:16: Healey says creating jobs was Romney’s top priority as governor of Massachusetts, which doesn’t speak well of his skills at governance. Massachusetts ranked 47th in job growth under Governor Romney.
9:16: Healey disagrees with Romney on some issues: she supports civil unions, abortion rights, public funding for renewable energy, public lands, and comprehensive sex education.
9:13: Massachusetts Lt. Governor Healey lost her race for governor as Romney’s approval ratings fell to thelow 30s at the end of his term. During her failed campaign, Healey even criticized Romney’s administration for not doing enough to help small business.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/30/778781/rnc-thursday/
9:16: Healey says creating jobs was Romney’s top priority as governor of Massachusetts, which doesn’t speak well of his skills at governance. Massachusetts ranked 47th in job growth under Governor Romney.
9:16: Healey disagrees with Romney on some issues: she supports civil unions, abortion rights, public funding for renewable energy, public lands, and comprehensive sex education.
9:13: Massachusetts Lt. Governor Healey lost her race for governor as Romney’s approval ratings fell to thelow 30s at the end of his term. During her failed campaign, Healey even criticized Romney’s administration for not doing enough to help small business.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/30/778781/rnc-thursday/
Romney Camp Defends Poor Jobs Record: He Inherited A Bad Situation
Pema Levy
Mitt Romney has been dogged by an unfortunate statistic for his entire campaign: When he was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation. President Obama’s campaign has ramped up the attack this week in response to Romney’s assertion that he knows how to create jobs — a fact he says is backed up by his record in the private sector. Sunday, Romney’s campaign struck back with a new line of defense: Romney stepped into a serious situation and improved it.
If it sounds familiar, it should — it’s the same line of reasoning that Obama is using to persuade voters to stick with his policies.
Twice on Sunday, Romney’s advisers appeared on television armed with different numbers than the ones wielded by the Obama campaign. On ABC’s “This Week,” Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom duked it out over Romney’s Massachusetts record.
Massachusetts “did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation,” Cutter said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country.”
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/romney-massachusetts-record-job-creation-47th-fehrnstrom.php
Pema Levy
Mitt Romney has been dogged by an unfortunate statistic for his entire campaign: When he was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation. President Obama’s campaign has ramped up the attack this week in response to Romney’s assertion that he knows how to create jobs — a fact he says is backed up by his record in the private sector. Sunday, Romney’s campaign struck back with a new line of defense: Romney stepped into a serious situation and improved it.
If it sounds familiar, it should — it’s the same line of reasoning that Obama is using to persuade voters to stick with his policies.
Twice on Sunday, Romney’s advisers appeared on television armed with different numbers than the ones wielded by the Obama campaign. On ABC’s “This Week,” Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom duked it out over Romney’s Massachusetts record.
Massachusetts “did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation,” Cutter said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country.”
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/romney-massachusetts-record-job-creation-47th-fehrnstrom.php
Mr. 34%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021011768