Obama's attacks on Romney's Bain Capital past may be paying off, new poll suggests

[Douglas Carpenter]

Nearly half of likely voters in 12 battleground states believe private equity doesn't translate into jobs


By Jonathan Lemire / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/obama-attacks-romney-bain-capital-paying-poll-suggests-article-1.1092641#ixzz1xJmtteLT


President Obama’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital have drawn heat from fellow Democrats — but may be resonating with voters

Nearly half of likely voters in 12 battleground states buy into the Obama team’s claims that private equity does not translate into new jobs, according to a new poll.

Forty-seven percent of those surveyed believe that the work done by firms like Bain hurts workers, as opposed to 38% who say it helps the economy, according to data released by Purple Strategies, a non-partisan research group.

The voters who seem the most skeptical that Romney’s time at Bain could help him restart the sluggish economy hail from some of November’s biggest prizes, including Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/obama-attacks-romney-bain-capital-paying-poll-suggests-article-1.1092641#ixzz1xJmOqeK6

[bluestateguy]

1. Double down.

You know damn well that Karl Rove would do so if the Democrat was a venture capitalist who fired thousands of people.

[jpbollma]

2. I really hope he ignores the fake traitor Democrats

and goes hard with this. Double down, bring it up, bring out more fired workers, rub his face in it and show no mercy.

[Douglas Carpenter]

4. the ONLY reason why some Democrats oppose those ads is because some Democrats are

beholden to the interest of companies that operate on the Bain Capital/Gordon Gecko model. Those same Democrats have no problem with that kind of predatory capitalism and would certainlyhave absolutely no problem whatsoever making their fortune the same way Mitt Romney did.

Of course the President needs to push this message as much as possible. If he doesn't he may likely loose. If he does - he will probably win.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. +1

[LiberalFighter]

5. I would like to know how those 38% think what Bain does helps the economy.

And then challenge them with the facts. Too many times the false beliefs go unchallenged and then they are considered fact.

[agentS]

6. There's a lot more meat on this bone than R-Money's Mormonism issues.

The campaign should attack Bain for awhile and move on to policy issues. BUT if they go after kids, all bets are off.

[CTyankee]

7. but, but...everybody on Morning Joe said they backfired badly!

They wouldn't say something that isn't true, would they?

[flamingdem]

8. Clinton was a corporatist ass about this one

Didn't he notice the Occupy movement?