Mitt Romney's Bain Capital Exit Date Called Into Question By Filings

When did Mitt Romney leave Bain Capital? The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has said that he left the private equity firm in 1999, but new reports indicate that he may have stayed on until 2002. Full Story »

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Jul. 12, 2012

A wupsie article for Republicans using a fair number of links to build support for its contention that news has surfaced suggesting Romney was still actively managing Bain three or four years longer than his campaign rhetoric suggests. Meaning there's an excellent possiblilty Romney really was a pioneering out-sourcer of American jobs to foreign lands. And all this surfacing immediately after the Romney campaign released its new a “liar, liar, pants-on-fire” TV spot accusing Obama of lying about Romney’s role at Bain Capital. Let's make Bain a REAL campaign issue.

Don’t you just hate it when facts get in the way of a good story?

The SEC filings listed in the Globe article were first flagged in a letter the Obama campaign sent to Factcheck.org, which nevertheless concluded ... More »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 12, 2012

The date Romney left the company is important, since he cites it to rebut the charge that Bain invested in firms that outsourced jobs. More »

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