Romney’s Free-Enterprise ‘Trial’ Aligns Republicans With Obama

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Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, who has cast the 2012 presidential campaign as “free enterprise on trial,” finds himself in a struggle over the role of capitalism in an unlikely place: within his own party.

As Romney attempts to frame a general election contest with President Barack Obama on the economy, some of his rivals for the Republican nomination have made many of the same arguments against him that Democrats have.

Texas Governor Rick Perry accused Romney of practicing “vulture” capitalism during his days as a private equity executive. A film bankrolled by supporters of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich charges that Romney’s firm, Bain Capital LLC, eliminated jobs and turned “the misfortune of others into their own enormous financial gain.” These are complaints the Obama campaign will be ready to reinforce during the campaign.

“We’ve understood for a long time that the Obama people would come after free enterprise,” Romney told reporters aboard his campaign plane yesterday during a flight to South Carolina, site of the next primary. “Little surprised to see Newt Gingrich as the first witness for the prosecution.”

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  • Looking4Sanity

    Keep digging that hole, Mittens! Everyone's put down their shovels except you and the media.

  • KnowTheTruthToday

    The Republicans hadn't been far from Democrats in a long time. There is just enough difference to make me vote Republican.

    • http://msn.com Tim k

      well yea BUT I say more like RINO Republicans then any thing else.

  • ricbee

    Mitt ain't fitt to sitt.

    • http://msn.com Tim k

      yes more like setting on the Crapper waiting to get Flushed out like all Rhino's are now.

  • Stan Lee

    What's driving some of Romney's Republican opponents are their own egos and vanity. They weaken the entire Republican message, so recklessly do they want to win that they've lost all perspective.
    Obama can sit back, press a few "class warfare" buttons to keep this country divided, bring the public to believe that business profitting is dirty, keep spending,and enjoy a few Republican losers tearing down their lead guy.
    This is no way to assure Obama's ejection from office! There are times when players "must take one for the team."
    These darned candidates don't believe in "team," only themselves and their wants.
    It's disgusting!

    • Pegi

      Stan, you are 100% right! Folks that don't understand what Mitt did don't understand capitalism. We have a lousy president and we need to pull together to send him home to Chicago. Hope many Republicans wise up before the election.

  • Ann Wilson Kingsley

    Romney needs to be taken out for his same as Bush New World Order affiliations. What Socialist plans are Romney going to hand the American tax payer. Bush gave us "No Child Left Behind", the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, a Police State, and a war over nukes that weren't there.

  • disgusted American

    I've never been more upset with a election as this. Obama never stopped campaign since he was elected and now has collected 42 million dollars more. The candiates are raising millions. Why isn't this money going towards helping our Country to get out of the mess that we're in? Obama has used our planes and security to fly all over the world to try and "talk" with others about being "our friends". People that want to "eliminate" you are going to negoiate until you give them what they want and then do what they planned to do anyway. How neive can you be? Now were suppose to be deciding which man would be best suited to get us back to what the Constitution stands for and all the "runner ups" can do is "attack" the one the people have decided "so far" is the one they want. It seems that these "candidates are only fullfiling Obama's agenda by spliting the Party. Why are you falling for that "crap"?

    • sandra

      I agree. I get so sick of seeing this happen every year. I believe that is why Bachmann didn't do well. I really was hoping that she would be the nominee, but after watching her in the first debate,come out and start bashing Perry, just turned me off. Gingrech and Paul weren't as bad, but now that Gibgrech has fallen in ther polls, he is doing the same. In the 2010 elections in my district, i saw the Republicans do the same thing. I think when this election is over, we need to start another party, because I believe that both parties are about the same.

  • Pat in Williamsburg

    Are you going continue to "trash" the Party you want so bad to be the "leader of? If that's true, I personally don't want any of you but I can't vote for Obama and all of the damage he has done and the "laws" he has imposed without the Congress' vote. He's joining with the UN to "elimate" all small handguns, he's "listening in on your phone calls and now has made it possible to "arrest" anyone he feels might be a terriorist and hold them as long as he wants(and everyone was afriad of the Patriot Act) huh. He's destroying the marriage vows, is allowing the "gays" to take over and even teaching the children to ignore there parents.

  • Disgusted American

    This is only a few things Obama has signed plus the "obamacare" wwhich is costing us our doctors, nurese, clinics and increasing the cost by millions. I can't believe anyone would want this man who has denied real "Christianity" and supporting the Muslims behind closed doors and George Soros who has told us he wants America destroyed. How much more do you need to see that we must come together and stop this stupid childish attacks and grow up to support the best chose we have.

  • SEAN MURRY

    We dont need another obummer.

    • gordo

      Romney scares me. His Mormon beliefs give him no solid foundation, in my humble opinion. I have heard Mormons believe that JESUS and SATIN about them being brothers. They certainly do not believe Jesus is the son of God, but that he ascended to godhood as any man can do. Bologney, Mormans don't believe that Jesus is the son of GOD. and he died for our sins…..

  • Planetaryhub

    Mitt Romney Keeps Defending the Individual Mandate: http://spectator.org/blog/2011/12/28/mitt-romney-….

    The Romney Con Exposed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed… http://inflation.us/videos.html

    Rush Limbaugh: Romney Is Not Mr. Conservative: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed…

    Former Romney Campaigne Defects to Ron Paul: http://www.revolutionpac.com/2012/01/former-romne…

    Study: On Spending Cuts, Most GOP Candidates Light On Details; Who Isn't?: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/30/study-on-spendi….

    Another great place for information on the candidates is The Conservative Scorecard, which is an easy-to-read description on the strength of the candidates on key conservative positions. The ratings are based on their prior statements and positions over their political careers. It can be found here: http://www.conservativescorecard.com/

    Jon Huntsman Was for Cap and Trade Before He Was Against It: http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/jon-hunts…

    Gingrich would be worse than Obama on Foreign Policy: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/28/gingrich-would-….

  • Mike

    If Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney get the Republican (GOP) nomination to run for
    president of my United States of America, I will be voting for the Constitution Party
    candidate – whom ever that might be.

    God Bless,

    Mike
    A Christian Since My Baptism in 1949
    A Man Married to the Same Woman for 38 Years
    A United States Citizen from Birth
    A Veteran of the USMC
    A United States Taxpayer for 46 Years
    A Father Since 1979 and a Grandfather Since 2007
    A Conservative Who Believes in the Original Constitution of the United States of America

    P.S. I will NEVER vote for Barrack Obama!

    • Pegi

      And you'll be wasting your vote and may end up with Obama for another 4 years!

    • SHIRLEY FORD

      IF WE DON'T VOTE FOR WHO EVER IS RUNNING AGAINEST OBAMA,IS A VOTE FOR HIM,WE MUST FOCUS ON THIS. OBAMA HAS HELPED DEVIDE THIS COUNTRY TO THE DEGREE THAT HE HAS AIMED FOR,.AND WILL NOT BE STOPPED.UNTIL WE ARE KILLING EACH OTHER.. DEVIDE AND CONQUER IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT,GOD HELP US ALL

    • mitchell

      I'm with you Mike,I say not enough tea in China, to get me to.

  • tod

    Dr.Ron Paul 2012 for the ONLY PROVEN HONEST( for Well Over 30 Years) PATRIOT running for President,PERIOD !!!

  • jake

    Romney is the same kind of horse as Obombnic just a different stable.

  • Linda

    That's just BS. Not one Republican is "alligned with st obama" on anything.

  • http://twitter.com/istatue @istatue

    Ron Paul is doing well because someone linked to Progressive (= communist) Soros told Dem’s to help him. http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/01/03/ron-paul…
    bEFORE you write off Rick Perry know that he’d had back surgery. http://www.redstate.com/aarongardner/2012/01/08/t…
    Rick Perry is a strong fiscal conservative. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/05/18/rick…
    Marklevinshow.com, Glenn Beck & Rush Limbaugh said Rick Santorum (& Bachmann) are Conservative.
    Mitt supported TARP I. Will he support TARP 2? TARP isn’t capitalism.
    Newt opposed TARP, said it was Socialism & should be defeated. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/01/10/hist…

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