News - Powered by Yahoo NewsObama Campaign Does Damage Control After Dems Question Anti-Bain Strateg
The Obama campaign is in full damage-control mode one day after Newark Mayor Cory Booker publicly derided Democrats? assault on presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney over his record at Bain Capital. Chief Obama strategist David Axelrod today publicly rebuked Booker, a popular and high-profile surrogate...
Mon, 21 May 2012 12:32:35 -0700 -
Obama campaign steps up Bain attacks on Romne
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Monday stepped up its criticism of Mitt Romney for cutting jobs when he was a business executive, despite a warning from a leading Obama supporter that the attacks have gone too far. The Obama camp launched an ad featuring former workers at an office supplies business that went bankrupt after Republican candidate Romney's ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 15:39:53 -0700 -
Obama campaign condemns Bill Maher's Romney ?cult' remar
President Barack Obama's reelection campaign on Monday repudiated comic Bill Maher's description of Mitt Romney's religion, Mormonism, as a " cult."Maher, a major donor to a super PAC backing Obama, had tweeted "Why even listen to #MittRomney on foreign policy? His entire FP experience is 2 yrs trying to brow-beat Frenchmen into joining his cult." The former Massachusetts governor spent two ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:00 -0700 -
Obama campaign rejects Maher 'cult' remar
CHICAGO, May 22 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign repudiated U.S. comic Bill Maher's portrayal of GOP White House hopeful Mitt Romney's Mormon religion as a "cult."
Tue, 22 May 2012 00:47:50 -0700 -
Feds probe campaign contributions to two Ohio official
Federal officials are investigating questionable campaign contributions to two Ohio officeholders, freshman Rep. James Renacci and state treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel, spokesmen for both Republicans confirmed Monday.
Mon, 21 May 2012 14:34:06 -0700 -
Cory Booker backs off criticism of Obama campaign's Bain attack
WASHINGTON ? As the Obama campaign doubles down on the use of Bain Capital to question Mitt Romney's economic philosophy, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is backing off his criticism of a line of attack he called "nauseating."
Mon, 21 May 2012 10:37:12 -0700 -
?Big Bain Backfire': Romney campaign uses Booker's slam of Obama in new ad
The Mitt Romney campaign didn't waste any time to latch onto Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism of the Obama campaign's "nauseating" attack on Romney's Bain Capital record.A day after Booker's controversial interview on "Meet The Press," the Romney campaign released an ad--"B ig Bain Backfire"--using the Democratic mayor's comments slamming Obama."Have you had enough of President Obama's ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:38:01 -0700 - (VIDEO)
Cory Booker slams Obama campaign ad attacking Romney's Bain Capital recor
Newark Mayor Cory Booker slammed the Obama campaign's ad criticizing Mitt Romney's record as the head of Bain Capital, and called for an end to"nauseating" attacks from both sides."I have to just say from a very personal level, I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity," Booker, a Democrat, said in an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday. "To me, it's just we're getting to a ...
Sun, 20 May 2012 13:17:59 -0700 -
?Big Bain Backfire?: Cory Booker stars in new Romney campaign ad attacking Obama
The Mitt Romney campaign didn't waste any time to latch onto Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism of the Obama campaign's "nauseating" attack on Romney's Bain Capital record. A day after Booker's controversial interview on "Meet the Press," the Romney campaign released an ad?"Big Bain Backfire"?using the Democratic mayor's comments slamming Barack Obama. "Have you had [...]
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:57:41 -0700 - (VIDEO)
Obama: Fighting Romney on economy ?is what this campaign is going to be about'
In the spotlight of the world stage, President Barack Obama on Monday unapologetically defended his campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's record at the private equity firm Bain Capital and vowed to keep up the onslaught all the way to November."This issue is not a distraction," Obama defiantly declared at a press conference wrapping up a NATO summit in his hometown of Chicago. "This is what this ...
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