Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has said that Democrat supporters would better understand accusations that GOP candidate hopeful Mitt Romney failed to create jobs while governing Massachusetts if they understood his role as a corporate raider at Bain Capital.
Speaking to the Huffington Post just hours before the Republican presidential debate in South Carolina on Monday night, he said, “Bain is a little complicated for people to follow. I think people also understand what their governor does and what their mayor does. The most personal votes people cast is for mayor and a president and in between there is governor ... to have a 47 out of 50 ranking in job creation to show for it, there are some jobs like governor and mayor where you have to produce and [Romney] didn't."
O’Malley was in South Carolina on behalf of the Obama re-election campaign.
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Romney’s time with Bain Capital has come under questioning from fellow Republican candidates and the Obama re-election team. They are “calling it far more akin to "money manipulation" than anything related to creating jobs”, reports the Huffington Post.
He added that it was a “clearer contrast” to compare Romney’s time in the statehouse. He said this would be a fairer comparison.
O’Malley said, “I think a point that needs to be emphasized was that in easier times when he was governor of a pretty innovative state, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 [in job creation]. You contrast that to the tougher times we have now, under Governor Deval Patrick's leadership, Massachusetts is 5th in the nation."
Romney’s record in Massachusetts came up during Monday’s debate. Romney said “We were fortunate to have an unemployment rate by the time I left office of 4.7 percent. Sounds pretty good today. And I was also proud of the fact that we balanced the budget every year I was in office. We reduced taxes 19 times, put in place a rainy day fund of over $2 billion by the time I left.
"And so my record is out there, proud of it, and I think that if people want to have someone who understands how the economy works, having worked in the real economy, then I'm the guy that can best post up against Barack Obama.”
O’Malley talks to MSNBC:
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.eiriamach | Jan 19, 2012, 09:29 AM EST
Romney "understands how the economy works" exclusively for the benefit of the 1%. Job-destroying crony capitalism is his idea of a "working" economy. And if elected, he would do his best to keep it that way. Are all the anti-Obama posters below in the 1%? I'd find that hard to believe. And if they're in the 99%, why would they vote into power the class interests of multi- millionaires and billionaires? It's too late in the game for the GOP to get it together for a chance of replacing Obama. The OWS protestors, along with the one million Wisconsinites who pulled together to recall their anti-union, anti-middle-class and anti-working-class governor, have shown us the will and spirit of the 99%. I don't see how Obama can possibly lose the election if Romney or Gingrich is the running against him. 'Divide and conquer' is their game--divide by the worst of 19th century rampant crony-capitalist organized greed (Romney) or by anti-'welfare' code words for white racial supremacy in America (Gingrich). Do they really think we will drag any of that dead past into the future?
acemaker | Jan 18, 2012, 03:40 PM EST
As a resident of Maryland I can only inform people of O'Malley's record of raising taxes, tolls, and anything he can get his hands on including recreation fishing and crabbing lincenses. He has not raised employment rates in my state, only increased property taxes while home values have plumeted. So why do you post his comments in this publication. Is it because he has an Irish name or that he is a left winger like the writer.
wilhoef | Jan 18, 2012, 03:12 PM EST
So now we have a dumbocrat telling us that "Bain is a little complicated for people to follow." Sounds a little condescending to me. Typical dumbocrat drivel!
Nicomax | Jan 18, 2012, 12:33 PM EST
We have a have an even bigger worry now. It's called the "15% for the 1%". These fat cats have been sinking the country with such low contributions to the revenue we need to pay for all the things we need to do.
FastEddy | Jan 18, 2012, 12:21 PM EST
"Anything that our Governor [O’Malley] states is suspect with me...he isn't true to the principles with which he grew up. ... " Mmmm, so that makes O’Malley's anti-GOP, anti-Romney arguments invalid ... Without defending Bain Capital's work or work ethic, generally what this type "corporate raiders" do in 1) enhance shareholder value, 2) increase shareholder value and 3) improve shareholder value ... "A billionaire can not comprehend the day to day living problems of less financially independent Americans. ... " But what? A Harvard educated lawyer can? A Chicago demofascist machine style central planning "progressive" can? ... LOL
jjkleprechaun | Jan 18, 2012, 12:05 PM EST
Anything that our Governor states is suspect with me...he isn't true to the principles with which he grew up. As for "Mit" I would not vote for him under any circumstances. A billionaire can not comprehend the day to day living problems of less financially independent Americans. And as for the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., DC...the sooner he's out in the streets the better this wonderful Country will be! And if his wife thinks she will run for the Senate in 2016...who needs another turncoat in the Senate!! Ah! Politics...tis enough to drive one to imbibe in the spirits!
Maxwells | Jan 18, 2012, 11:34 AM EST
Mr. O'SHEA you've shown your ignorance and your support "on behalf of the Obama re-election campaign" The fact is Americans are only concerned with President Obama's "governing record" and political campaign pieces masked as stories like this, only tends to discredit You and Your publication.
Padraig8 | Jan 18, 2012, 11:13 AM EST
borefield is another jerk who likes to infer he is intelligent by snide remarks about Sharia Law OBama is as American as you are borefield so admit you are a racist, instead of hiding out behind snide comments
borefield | Jan 18, 2012, 09:46 AM EST
Mike 7571 has it right. Martin O'Malley the party man is great, the politian is a disaster. Four more years of Obama and the USA as we know it is gone. My grandchildren may experience Sharia Law. Wake up Americans.
gobdawpaddy | Jan 18, 2012, 09:06 AM EST
Observing the circus act/acts that so far has been the GOP nominating process, Obama has my vote. The present republican mutants certainly wouldn't inspire. Some of them however might want to consider futures as a TD in Ireland, perhaps targeting the seats of clowns like Timmy Dooley, Mick Wallace, Michael Healy-Rae, Ming Flanagan, Willie O'Dea etc., but then again the people who elected these people may not understand english.
Mike7571 | Jan 17, 2012, 05:33 PM EST
Our beloved Gov. Owe Malley is just a party hack who dances to whatever tune the party plays.
GeorgeDillon | Jan 17, 2012, 02:28 PM EST
"O'M urges Democrats to focus on Mitt Romney’s governing record"??? OK, but that'll be trumped if the Republicans focus on Obama's governing record!