If he had put his name on the Democrat side he could have had a debate 1 on 1. Not that smart for a Dr.

Amen Brother! Thanks for mentioning Musicians Friend. Bain just sucked the air out of that company. It was a $600 million a year family owned business. Bain came in, fired the whole staff, moved offices to LA, and now you can't place an order without getting your card charged twice and your order screwed up.

Investment banking hinges on a set of rules bought and paid for by very wealthy people.

On Musician's Friend, let's be accurate with the timeline here: The family that owned the business sold it to Guitar Center in 1999. Guitar Center, a then-public company, was acquired by Bain in 2008 and taken private. Bain then merged the two units last year to save millions in overhead. This happens all the time with businesses whether they are being run by a company Romney was involved in or not. This also happens in a sector that has seen great turmoil - from Daddy's going under regionally just a little while ago to Mars (a Guitar Center-like chain) nationally about a decade ago. As a musician for more than 30 years, I can tell you that we've all be more harmed by a place like Daddy's going out of business than Musician's Friend which never haggled and always kept prices at manufacturer's retail pricing plus shipping.

"run everything from Burger King to Toys R Us to Musicians Friend and the Weather Channel"

That is not the case. Bain invests in companies. It does not run them. They often replace the existing management team but they do not manage the company.

Katherine, actually Bain Capitalhas a lot to do with the discussion. In fact, Romney himself is using it as credentials, so why can't we talk about it? Is it because it doesn't flatter your political leanings? Every one of your comments requests that others silence themselves. If I ask you to be quiet, will you? And if not, why is your request any different?

And that's why censorship doesn't work.

It has everything to do with it. Mitt Romney has an economic agenda of, by, and for the wealthiest 1 Percent of Americans at the expense of the other 99 Percent. He may claim to be a job creator, but Romney’s record at Bain Capital shows that he personally made hundreds of millions of dollars by bankrupting companies and laying off thousands of Americans.

It is interesting to see how the investments Bain Capital has made compare to those that Obama has made. Solyndra?

Solyndra was an example of good intentions poorly executed. Comparing Solyndra to Bain, a company that has eliminated thousands of jobs from private equity, is quite the apples to oranges comparison.

Exactly. When you vote for a man who changes his opinions depending on how his superpac wants him to think or to whatever will get him elected, who are you really voting for? At least with Obama, we know who's running the country.

To catlady: Yes we do know who's running and ruining this country it's Soros the multi billionaire who pulls Obama's strings.

----- Hey, alot of people voted for John Kerry/John Edwards

MA HC is state mandated, and thats the difference 66% of the citizens wanted it.
Owning a business in MA we saw neither a rise or fall in the cost of our company HC via Romneycare.
However, when Obamacare was passed our insurance increased. When I inquired as to why? I was told all insurance companies were charging more in anticipation of the rising costs of HC via Obamacare.
Now that more people have READ the bill we know it's true.
What we need is Insurance reform allowing Insurance companies giving all states access to the company of their choice.

Joanna - Insurance companies raise their rates because they want to. And think of their 1%-ers salaries! And planes, and trips, and mahogany-lined offices, and then add in the advertising and the lobbyists and the political donations!

I LIKE Obamacare - the family next door can have his 3 college-attending girls be covered while they can concentrate on their studies, their work-study programs, and their sports to keep them healthy.

The costs to our country's health will be enormous if we don't keep on the path to single-payer... you're already seeing some of it. What is it now? 25% uninsured? When they get sick - they get really sick before going to the emergency room - and then guess who pays? Why Joanna Hyatt pays! And so do I.

Any support for the "DROPPED LIKE A ROCK" claim? Suffolk University had a study last year that stated the opposite:

"The landmark Massachusetts Health Care Reform law is responsible for a dramatic increase in health care spending over the period since it was enacted. The law did not bring about a promised reduction in health care expenditures. Rather, it permitted the state legislature and governor to expand health insurance coverage to almost all residents, while imposing more than $8 billion in new health care costs to the federal government and on state residents and businesses."

http://www.beaconhill.org/BHIStudies/HCR-2011/PR-HealthCareReform2011-0627.htm

So nice to see people shopping for the cheapest prices. Then we complain when business ships jobs overseas. To funny!

So what you're saying is all the self employed New Hampshire natives can just move to Mass? That's about half the economy. Let's stop making this a political party thing and solve the problem.

Next time you see a street person ask him or her for a job!

@ Patriot

"Next time you see a street person ask him or her for a job!"

Really? That attitude is orgasmic to the super rich. It's also weak, and illogical.

Do you think if you kiss their asses, and give them all the tax breaks they want, and eliminate regulations, that the massively wealthy will smile on you and toss you a job? Do you think that's how it works? Have they captured your mind that completely?

Rich people don't create jobs!!!! You and I do when we buy stuff! Stop worshiping the rich. I doubt you'll watch this, but if you do, you'll hear a very short presentation by a decent, very rich man explaining how the system REALLY works. He'll make you understand that YOU, and not the rich, are the job creator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI&feature=player_embedded

Obama has created more street people than any president. Pretty sorry record.

@ Tim

"Obama has created more street people than any president"

Got a link to back that up? It's crap. Show me information anywhere that links Obama's policies to homelessness. He hasn't created the homeless crisis. He inherited it.

Hows Obama doing with this issue?

Ending the wars, and taxing the rich and the corporations, will fix the deficit.

It's well known that the GOP doesn't like either idea.

I agree Ed.