In Defense of the One Percent
Edward Conard, former Bain Capital managing director and author of Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told About The Economy Is Wrong, makes the case for inequality and defends the one...
View ArticleThe Race to Define Mitt Romney
In a two-minute advertisement posted on the website RomneyEconomics.com, President Barack Obama's campaign team attacks Mitt Romney's record on Bain Capital. The ad paints a picture of Romney as a job...
View ArticleCatching Up on the Campaign with Todd Zwillich
President Obama has come out swinging on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital. As the NATO Summit came to a close on Monday, President Obama defined the presidential election in terms of his economic...
View ArticleEJ Dionne on What American Capitalism Means
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and professor at Georgetown University, talks partisan politics, the conversation over Bain Capital, and his new book,...
View ArticleOpinion: Bill Clinton and Cory Booker are Right About Bain
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and former President Bill Clinton both have made some off-message remarks in the last several weeks. They both hold to the claim that Obama will win the upcoming election, but...
View ArticleThe Court as Campaign Changer
The presidential race is getting nastier and nastier and it’s all on video. Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have released new ads in the last few days. A new super PAC supporting President Obama...
View ArticleA Look Back at the Week in Politics
A tough week for Mitt Romney could have gotten worse today, as there have been discrepancies about the exact date of the presidential candidate's departure from Bain Capital. He claims that he resigned...
View ArticleFormer Bain Capital Executive Says Romney "Legally" Remained with Bain Beyond...
In recent weeks the Obama campaign has centered its attacks on Mitt Romney's history with the private equity firm, Bain Capital. Romney has said that he left the company for good in 1999, two years...
View ArticleRomney and Bain Capital Remain a Forefront Issue
Among all the businesses that come and go from the headlines, Bain Capital is one that will not be escaping coverage any time soon. President Obama’s campaign continues to pressure Romney to release...
View ArticleOpinion: Sorry Mitt Romney, I Don't Want a Businessman for President
What kind of businessman is Mitt Romney? That's the question that is coming to animate the campaign. It's Mitt's fault, really. He ran as a man who would bring business experience to running...
View ArticleBain Capital and Off-Shoring
As Mitt Romney continues to hammer President Obama over the stagnant economy, the former Massachusetts governor's own time in the public sector, as the CEO of Bain Capital, continues to come under...
View ArticleNY Probing Equity Firms, Including Bain: Source
An official familiar with the probe says New York's attorney general is investigating some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential...
View ArticleObama's Debate Damage Control: Romney Was 'Artful Dodger'
Following what is widely believed to be a lackluster performance by President Obama in his first debate with Mitt Romney, the Obama campaign has tried to undermine the accuracy of his opponent and...
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