The pro-Gingrich Super PAC “Winning the Future” has released a teaser trailer of its lengthy attack video on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital, which Jonathan wrote about earlier today. After watching the preview, it’s hard to believe a conservative group made this film, because it echoes so many of the class warfare tropes that have been coming from the Obama administration and Occupy Wall Street recently. I can’t imagine many conservative South Carolina primary voters sitting through 27 minutes of this demonize-the-rich rhetoric, but it will definitely provide the Obama campaign with plenty of free attack fodder if Romney becomes the nominee:
This is actually a fascinating preview of the kind of attack ads the Obama campaign would run against Romney, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out on a smaller scale in South Carolina. But it’s really not going to help Gingrich to be associated with attacks like this. Has anyone else noticed that Gingrich’s loudest critiques of Romney have basically been recycled left-wing talking-points: first he went after the pro-Romney Super PACs, and now he’s attacking Bain. It’s a bizarre strategy for a primary.
Rick Perry also appears to be jumping on the anti-Bain bandwagon. Question for the candidates: Is this really going to be the issue you hit Romney full-force on? Not health care reform? Not flip-flopping on social issues? This one? Seriously?
“There is something inherently wrong when getting rich off failure and sticking it to someone else is how you do your business and I happen to think that’s indefensible,” said Perry. “If you’re a victim of Bain Capital’s downsizing, it’s the ultimate insult for Mitt Romney to come to South Carolina and tell you he feels your pain, because he caused it.”
If Rick Santorum is smart, he’ll stay far away from this fight. Gingrich and Perry are risking a major backlash by making Romney’s Bain tenure an issue.
It is bad for any of the candidates to engage in this intra-party demonization. It is wonderful for the Obama camp. Unfortunately, Mitt Romney's group started this in Iowa. And the gun that fired these bullets was the 'Super' Pac creation. This is where some gun control is needed. But then, a bullet of this type directed at Ron Paul is badly needed. His very presence on the stage with legitimate decent candidates poisons the entire group. It's about time that they started calling Paul the racist anti-Semite anti-Israel pro-Iran fool lout that he is.
Well said. I was counting on Newt to be the Paul [political] assassin. But Gingrich has a snewt full of vengeance because he got steam rolled by Big Romney. Too bad, because Newt could have gone out on a high note and with a reputation as a GOP super ninja. That was the role he was playing up till quite recently. My, he's easy to distract.
The Republicans continue to be the Stupid Party. Shooting each other rather than Obama and the Democrats. Sheesh! As vandag1 said, all they're doing is giving the other side all the rope necessary to hang ourselves. I'm getting more and more depressed at the wholly second tier nature of this group. n nPlease! Can anyone get through to these guys?
Back o the bus little lady!