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May 31, 2012 1:27pm
Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/mitt-romney-visits-solyndra-amid-attack-on-obama-jobs-record






An auction sign stands at the entrance Solyndra LLC building in Fremont, California, U.S., Nov. 2, 2011. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/ Getty Images)
 
FREMONT, Calif. – Mitt Romney arrived at the shuttered headquarters of Solyndra Inc. this morning, a surprise visit that was shrouded in secrecy and part of the presumptive GOP presidential candidate’s attack on President Obama’s record on jobs creation.
 
“The reason for keeping it quiet is because we knew if word got out that Solyndra would do everything in their power and the Obama administration would do everything in their power to stop us from having this news conference,” an aide said in a briefing en route. “But taxpayers made a substantial investment in Solyndra, there are serious questions about what happened at Solyndra, why that investment was selected, what happened to that money.”
 
Solyndra is the failed California-based solar technology company that received more than $500 million in federal stimulus money before it went bankrupt last year. It has since become a mantle of Romney’s argument that Obama doesn’t know how to run the economy.
 
Read More About Solyndra from ABC’s The Blotter
 
Beginning in March 2011, ABC News, in partnership with iWatch News-The Center for Public Integrity, was first to report on simmering questions about the role political influence might have played in Solyndra’s selection as the Obama administration’s first loan-guarantee recipient. Federal auditors had flagged the loan, saying some applicants had benefited from special treatment.
 
Romney’s visit was only revealed after Romney and reporters who follow him on the campaign trail were en route to the location. It was never advised publicly by the campaign, which usually informs both national and local reporters where the candidate will appear.
 
The Romney campaign this week rejiggered its focus on Solyndra, which was a major talking point for Romney during the primary, in an attempt to highlight what it calls Obama’s mishandling of the economy, but has lately been replaced with a focus on Obama’s health care law and education issues.
 
Romney’s visit to the shuttered plant comes on the same day that Obama’s top strategist, David Axelrod, held a news conference in Boston, the city where Romney’s campaign headquarters is located, to discuss the Republican candidate’s record as governor. Axelrod’s appearance will mark one of the first steps in the Obama re-election campaign’s strategy to highlight Romney’s record during his years as Massachusetts’ governor.
 
The Romney campaign earlier this week released a video, “Not Even Half,” which highlighted the Obama administration’s investment in the now-failed Fremont, Calif., manufacturer. At the time of the federal investment, Solyndra was the nation’s largest solar energy plant and was touted as an example of the president’s commitment to government subsidies that would promote clean energy technology and so-called green jobs.
 
Solyndra went bankrupt in 2011, laying off more than 1,000 employees, after receiving $535 million in federal loan guarantees through a ‘s Act program. The investment has been slammed by Republicans who believe the Obama administration chose the plant because of its ties to major donors. It has been the subject of an ongoing congressional investigation.
 
When the company went bankrupt, taxpayers were left to pay off the loans associated with the grant and Republicans seized on the investment as an example of the administration’s, as Romney says, trying to pick “winners and losers” in the free market that would benefit high dollar donors.
 
At a private fundraiser in Hillsborough, Calif., Wednesday night, Romney previewed his attacks on the administration’s involvement in Solyndra.
 
“Have you seen Solyndra’s corporate headquarters?” Romney asked. “You probably have.”
 
“Who wants to put money in a solar company when a government puts a half a billion into one of its choice?” Romney asked, suggesting that investors and entrepreneurs would be less likely to found their own companies if they believe the government would help a competitor.  “They don’t understand how the free economy works.”
 
During a February campaign speech in Nevada, Romney made similar claims, comparing his own experience starting office supply giant Staples during his time at Bain to the facilities at Solyndra, which he often compares to the Taj Mahal.
 
“He’s been choosing businesses that add to his campaign, and putting money in them,” Romney said during a February campaign rally in Henderson, Nev. “When we started a little company called Staples, instead of having offices in a big glass Taj Mahal, like Solyndra, our offices were in the back of a shopping mall.
 
“So his view is what I call ‘crony capitalism,’” Romney said. “Give money to your friends that contributed to your campaign. That’s crony capitalism.”



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LOL.    Mittens is going to landslide obama. 

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most of the energy dept's loans were very sound and paid back.

We're arguing about solyndra, ony 1% of the energy dept loaning.

Turns out we give a SHITLOAD of money, tax breaks, subsidies to all sorts of energy companies.


I haven't heard Mitt promising to eliminate all govt energy subsidies?   ;)

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most of the energy dept's loans were very sound and paid back.

We're arguing about solyndra, ony 1% of the energy dept loaning.

Turns out we give a SHITLOAD of money, tax breaks, subsidies to all sorts of energy companies.


I haven't heard Mitt promising to eliminate all govt energy subsidies?   ;)


LOL


Solar Trust, Beacon Watt, light Squared, Spectra Watt, Fisker. etc etce tc.   

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Combative Romney team hits Obama coast-to-coast

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Byron York Chief Political Correspondent
 
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/combative-romney-team-hits-obama-coast-coast/572526



 



Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a news conference outside the Solyndra manufacturing facility, Thursday, May 31, 2012, in Fremont, Calif. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In the course of a couple of hours Thursday, the Romney campaign sent out unmistakable signals that it intends to fight the guerilla warfare of a presidential campaign with a new aggressiveness and combativeness.
 
The first signal came in Boston, where top Obama adviser David Axelrod organized an anti-Romney event on the steps of the Massachusetts state house.  The event, which Team Obama wanted to keep under wraps until shortly before it happened, was to feature remarks from Axelrod and Democratic state officeholders who would attack Romney's record as governor from 2003 to 2007.  But it didn't work out as planned.
 
First, word of the event leaked last night, and the Romney campaign quickly scheduled an event of its own at the state house about an hour before Axelrod's.  Then, when Democrats began speaking, a crowd of about 100 Romney workers, supporters, and volunteers showed up to chant, shout, and heckle the speakers every step of the way.  The protesters shouted "Solyndra!" and "Where are the jobs?" and "Mitt, Mitt, Mitt!" while Democrats gamely attacked Romney's tenure as governor.
 
"I get tweets from some of these folks, so I feel close to them," Axelrod lamented at one point.  At another, he said simply, "Look, this is the great pageant of democracy."  In the end, the Obama event was overshadowed by the loud, aggressive Romney forces.
 
It was the kind of tactic that is usually repaid in kind on the campaign trail, and it seems likely -- certain, actually -- that Romney surrogates, and perhaps Mitt Romney himself, will soon face similar actions at their events.  But Romney aides aren't worried, saying what they did was both payback and a message.
 
"They heckle us at every single event we go to," says a well-connected Romney aide.  "Just last week, Romney did a speech at the bridge to nowhere [in New Hampshire] and alluded to the 'Greek chorus' that was off to the side." Indeed, as Romney talked about government waste, a group of Democrats stood at some distance and shouted "Obama! Obama! Obama!"  Romney faced a similar scene at another event in New Hampshire, in a fishing village, when he and Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte were hounded by pro-Obama protesters.  And pro-Obama forces also staged a big protest when Romney gave his speech on the economy in Detroit in February.
 
So Team Romney views the Boston event as payback.  But they also, by striking back bigger and louder, want to send a message to Team Obama that Romney is ready to fight.  Romney aides characterize the Axelrod event as a "sneak attack" in Romney's home territory.  "The Obama campaign thought they were going to come into our own turf and launch a dishonest sneak attack on Gov. Romney's record," says the Romney aide.  "We're not going to allow that to happen.  We are going to hold them accountable every single time."
 
Indeed, Mitt Romney himself, a short time later, said, "If they're going to be heckling us, why, we're not going to sit back and play by very different rules….We'll show them that we conservatives have the same kind of capacity he does."
 
Where Romney was speaking was another message from his campaign.  Shortly after the Boston event, Romney launched a sneak attack of his own, holding a news conference at the headquarters of Solyndra, the bankrupt solar energy company that received $535 million in loan guarantees from the Obama administration.  According to reporters traveling with Romney, the campaign did not tell the press about the event until the bus was actually on its way to Solyndra.
 
"The reason for keeping it quiet is because we knew if word got out that Solyndra would do everything in their power and the Obama administration would do everything in their power to stop us from having this news conference," a Romney aide told reporters, according to an ABC News account.  "But taxpayers made a substantial investment in Solyndra, there are serious questions about what happened at Solyndra, why that investment was selected, what happened to that money."
 
The bottom line is, Thursday marked a new escalation in the day-to-day fighting between the Obama and Romney campaigns.  And Team Romney hopes it has sent a very clear message that it will punch, and counter-punch, as hard as is necessary.

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lol.  Nice.   :)


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lol.  Nice.   :)



That did make for a helluva photo shot, I must admit.  8)

I think Romney is gonna surprise alot of people and really get the better of Obama in their first National Debate.

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That did make for a helluva photo shot, I must admit.  8)

I think Romney is gonna surprise alot of people and really get the better of Obama on their first National Debate.

I won't be surprised.  He's a much better debater than Obama. 

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 :)


He has a killer instinct unlike mclame.    Mittens at least wants to win. 



I won't be surprised.  He's a much better debater than Obama. 

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He has a killer instinct unlike mclame.    Mittens at least wants to win. 
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mitt showed up about half the time in the debates.  He played it safe, knowing he could win by default, just outspending everyone.

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Mitt Romney ran for Governor of Massachusetts promising more jobs, decreased debt, and smaller government.

Here's what Massachusetts got instead:

Jobs: 47th out of 50 states in job creation
Taxes and fees: Increased more than $750 million per year
Long-term debt: Increased more than $2.6 billion

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Mitt Romney ran for Governor of Massachusetts promising more jobs, decreased debt, and smaller government.

Here's what Massachusetts got instead:

Jobs: 47th out of 50 states in job creation
Taxes and fees: Increased more than $750 million per year
Long-term debt: Increased more than $2.6 billion


pretty pathetic record - I can see why he doesn't want to discuss his record.

Don't forget that he authored Obamacare and signed an ANTI GUN AWB bill.

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LOL at the people talking like Romney is awesome.  Yea, ok, he's not Obama but do we really have to push him more than that?  3333 was all over how much he sucked, now he's just the best thing ever lol

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LOL at the people talking like Romney is awesome.  Yea, ok, he's not Obama but do we really have to push him more than that?  3333 was all over how much he sucked, now he's just the best thing ever lol

The WHOLE point is he is not Obama and will be a formidable opponent come November.

You are pulling this "people talking like Romney is awesome" assertion straight out of your ass.

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The WHOLE point is he is not Obama and will be a formidable opponent come November.

You are pulling this "people talking like Romney is awesome" assertion straight out of your ass.
romney is a fucking turd.  the only thing he has is that he's not Obama.

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LOL at the people talking like Romney is awesome.  Yea, ok, he's not Obama but do we really have to push him more than that?  3333 was all over how much he sucked, now he's just the best thing ever lol

the cutest thing is when they say he really was the most consistent conservative all along.  

he was the biggest dipshit lib in the GOP nomination race, and he only won by outspending everyone.  Call him anything ya want, but ppl calling him conservative is awful.  He's a RINO by every definition of the word, and he only adopted this Paul ryan plan and anti-PP stuff THIS YEAR to win the nomination.

libs shouldn't worry - a romney and a hilary presidency would be virtually identical.

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romney is a fucking turd.  the only thing he has is that he's not Obama.

Says a lot about how shitty of a president Obama is, doesn't it?

I'll take a Romney that has to worry about reelection over an Obama that doesn't any day of the week.



This was a pretty funny move by Romney. Definitely going to hit home.

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Says a lot about how shitty of a president Obama is, doesn't it?

yes it does.  I really can't stand Romney and I'm still not going to vote for Obama.

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white house/gibbs usually pretty fast on responses to things like these - like when he wrote grocery list on hand after palin hand-gate.

I bet he'll tape a printed copy of Romneycare on the wall behind him before he gives the white house presser tomorrow :)

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white house/gibbs usually pretty fast on responses to things like these - like when he wrote grocery list on hand after palin hand-gate.

I bet he'll tape a printed copy of Romneycare on the wall behind him before he gives the white house presser tomorrow :)

As if anyone cares. People will hear about this but they won't give a shit about what Baghdad Bob Gibbs has to say. Choke on that, Obama drone.  :)


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white house/gibbs usually pretty fast on responses to things like these - like when he wrote grocery list on hand after palin hand-gate.

I bet he'll tape a printed copy of Romneycare on the wall behind him before he gives the white house presser tomorrow :)
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white house/gibbs usually pretty fast on responses to things like these - like when he wrote grocery list on hand after palin hand-gate.

I bet he'll tape a printed copy of Romneycare on the wall behind him before he gives the white house presser tomorrow :)


Aaahhhaaaa the good ole days no?

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Aaahhhaaaa the good ole days no?

the lack of threads i've started should be evidence that i'm not watching politice 24/7 anymore these days.

shit is outright boring now.  Romney is a RINO, Obama is a warmonger, and their presidencies won't be that much different. 

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the lack of threads i've started should be evidence that i'm not watching politice 24/7 anymore these days.

shit is outright boring now.  Romney is a RINO, Obama is a warmonger, and their presidencies won't be that much different. 


True sign of how bad Obama is going get landslided right there. 

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Romney should avoid stunts like this as Obama or any of his campaigners can do the same at any bankrupt company from Bain.
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