DIM BULB Who: Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.

What: Discussing the Obama campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital, Clyburn said on MSNBC that they are “not an attack on free enterprise.” He promptly followed up by comparing private equity to payday lending, probably a sign of his ignorance about both.

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