Romney to Obama: It’s your economy now

[The Northerner]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — In his first outing as a declared presidential candidate, Republican Mitt Romney continued his assault on President Obama here on Friday, using new unemployment data to claim that Obama’s policies have only deepened the nation’s economic downturn.

“What he did simply was wrong,” Romney said during a town-hall meeting. “On almost every dimension, what he did did not help the economy get out of the slide it was in, but instead he extended the downturn and made it deeper.”

The former Massachusetts governor, pitching himself as a candidate with the business know-how to turn around the economy, added: “The Obama prescription for the economy didn’t ail what hurt us. Instead it made things worse. And I believe it’s time for someone who’s actually had a job do the job of getting jobs for the American people.”

A day after officially launching his second presidential campaign, Romney sought to place blame for the country’s 9.1 percent unemployment, home foreclosures and growing debt squarely on Obama.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-to-obama-its-your-economy-now/2011/06/03/AGkoF3HH_story.html

[onehandle]

1. Congressional Republicans extended the Bush Recession.

However, it is President Obama's economy now, because he failed to fight them with his political capitol.

[Raven]

2. Does anyone have the number of jobs Mitt axed when he was at Bain?

[FSogol]

3. Everyday Mitt seems scummier. n/t

[quinnox]

4. Its true Obama has responsibility for the economy

I think he knows this and also knows he will be punished along with Democrats in elections if things don't turn around.