Romney Asks Florida Governor To Downplay Good Economy News

Romney Campaign Asks Florida Governor To Downplay Good Economy News

NEW YORK -- There has always been friction between Mitt Romney and certain Republican governors over how best to frame the state of the economy. While the presumptive GOP nominee has argued during his campaign that the recovery is far too slow, the electoral implications for making that case in states that include Virginia, Ohio and Michigan are much more complicated.

Republican governors Bob McDonnell of Virginia, John Kasich of Ohio and Rick Snyder of Michigan all must show that they are leading their states' economies in the right direction. Occasionally, that means discussing the economy in rosy terms, putting them at odds with the Romney campaign.

Bloomberg News dug a bit deeper than usual On Wednesday night into how much friction this has caused, reporting that the Romney campaign has asked Florida Gov. Rick Scott to tone "down his statements heralding improvements in the state’s economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee’s message."

The story is well reported, going so far as to quote a Republican operative as saying that the ads being run by the Florida GOP seemed like they were crafted at President Barack Obama's re-election campaign headquarters.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/2 ... f=politics

Well, dang... What do you do when the FACTS of the economic news don't mesh with the "message" of "how bad it is" coming from the mouth of someone who doesn't have a plan or a clue to do it any better?

Reminds me of that song from "The Wiz": "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"...(or, in this case, No GOOD News)... rofllol

Poor Mitt...

Democracy4Sale wrote: [
Well, dang... What do you do when the FACTS of the economic news don't mesh with the "message" of "how bad it is" coming from the mouth of someone who doesn't have a plan or a clue to do it any better?

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Keep bailing.

huff po is so much more objective than fox.

Yeah, Bloomberg is such an unreliable source...

Just politics as usual. In 2006 the Dems said the economy was much worse than it really was to win election but their tales of doom and gloom decreased consumer spending putting America into the current death spiral Obama can't get us out of.

Democracy4Sale wrote: Yeah, Bloomberg is such an unreliable source...

There wasn't a single, verifiable source in either the HuffinPuff Post article or the BombBerg article. Show me the source? Go ahead... I'll wait.

Yeah, it's a shame that Romney has to ask some Governors to downplay that things are going better so that his "Things are getting better--but not fast enough" screed will have some creedence...

Irony? The governors are probably pumping up their numbers too to get re-elected.

So LJ now believes Barack that the private sector is doing fine?

Totally BS..

More people are in poverty http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/a ... hyard.aspx

Martin Ent Inc wrote: Totally BS..

More people are in poverty http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/a ... hyard.aspx

I'm sure that's an interesting quote...But it has NOTHING to do with the story... But thanks for playing. See, the story was about Romney asking some Governors to downplay that things are going better so that his "Things are getting better--but not fast enough" screed will have some creedence...

A little problem with reading comprehension there, sparkie?

Just copying my favorite lefty, throwing in a little deflection as always. Can't stick to the topic, don't read the info. Just stirring the pot.