With four months to go until Election Day, President Obama’s well-funded
campaign on the airwaves is focusing on two broad themes: that he is a
fighter for the middle class who needs more time to finish the job, and
that Republican rival Mitt Romney is obsessed with corporate profits to
the point of being borderline unpatriotic.
“Outsourcing versus insourcing - it matters,” declares a TV ad from the Obama campaign this week that criticizes Mr. Romney for moving jobs overseas during his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital LLC, a private-equity firm. Airing in nine battleground states, it is typical of the negative ads that Mr. Obama’s Chicago team has aimed at the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Some of the commentary accuses Mr. Romney of ignoring what’s best for America.
“Mitt Romney’s economic philosophy has always put maximizing his profits above anything else,” Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told reporters Tuesday. “Even if it means refusing to bet on America and its workers.”
Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg countered: “We are happy to put Gov. Romney’s record of job creation in the private sector, and as governor, up against President Obama’s any day.
“If President Obama had even half of Mitt Romney’s record on jobs, he’d be running on it,” she said. “But President Obama has the worst record on jobs and the economy of any president in modern history, which is why he is running a campaign based on negative attacks, distortions and distractions, not solutions.”
“Outsourcing versus insourcing - it matters,” declares a TV ad from the Obama campaign this week that criticizes Mr. Romney for moving jobs overseas during his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital LLC, a private-equity firm. Airing in nine battleground states, it is typical of the negative ads that Mr. Obama’s Chicago team has aimed at the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Some of the commentary accuses Mr. Romney of ignoring what’s best for America.
“Mitt Romney’s economic philosophy has always put maximizing his profits above anything else,” Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told reporters Tuesday. “Even if it means refusing to bet on America and its workers.”
Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg countered: “We are happy to put Gov. Romney’s record of job creation in the private sector, and as governor, up against President Obama’s any day.
“If President Obama had even half of Mitt Romney’s record on jobs, he’d be running on it,” she said. “But President Obama has the worst record on jobs and the economy of any president in modern history, which is why he is running a campaign based on negative attacks, distortions and distractions, not solutions.”
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