J.E.D
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The GOP's 2012 problem with Obama's economy: a hypocritical failure. If you ask Boehner about the economy, he swears it's getting worse; but with the UE rate down to 8.3 and job growth for 22 straight months (250k last month!), that's a hard pitch to sell. What's more, it's a lie.
But Romney knows the truth. On several recent occassions, Romney has admitted that the economy has improved. He just doesn't want Obama to get credit for it. Though, you can be sure the president would get the blame if the economy were sinking.
He made this argument tonight in Colorado.
And he tried to make that argument to a skeptical Laura Ingraham in a recent interview:
All I have to say is, good luck with that one, Mitt
But Romney knows the truth. On several recent occassions, Romney has admitted that the economy has improved. He just doesn't want Obama to get credit for it. Though, you can be sure the president would get the blame if the economy were sinking.
He made this argument tonight in Colorado.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...in-factory-that-received-money-from-stimulus/
“And, by the way, he doesn’t get credit for things getting better. I’m delighted things are getting better, I think they are, but the people who deserve the credit for things getting better are people like Tom who built a place like this and employed people in this great state.”
And he tried to make that argument to a skeptical Laura Ingraham in a recent interview:
Political Animal - Romney: U.S. economy ‘getting better’ under Obama
INGRAHAM: You’ve also noted that there are signs of improvement on the horizon in the economy. How do you answer the president’s argument that the economy is getting better in a general election campaign if you yourself are saying it’s getting better?
ROMNEY: Well, of course it’s getting better. The economy always gets better after a recession, there is always a recovery. […]
INGRAHAM: Isn’t it a hard argument to make if you’re saying, like, OK, he inherited this recession, he took a bunch of steps to try to turn the economy around, and now, we’re seeing more jobs, but vote against him anyway? Isn’t that a hard argument to make? Is that a stark enough contrast?
ROMNEY: Have you got a better one, Laura? It just happens to be the truth.
All I have to say is, good luck with that one, Mitt
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