Obama’s Bain attacks are damaging Romney’s reputation

Published July 16, 2012 4:00am ET



President Obama’s non-stop assault on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital investments is working to undercut the Republican’s main argument for running: as a long time businessman, he has what it takes to fix the lackluster economy.

According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,000 likely voters, the attacks have made some voters switch their opinion of Romney’s business record and now Americans are equally divided on whether the ex-Bain executive’s real world experience is a positive or negative.

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