During a speech to business leaders earlier on Monday Mr Romney said, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me” when talking about how employees should be able to choose their own health insurance.
The record of Bain Capital, the company he led for 14 years, has however come under intensified scrutiny as his rivals have sought to slow down his apparently smooth progress to the nomination. It has emerged that many companies it restructured shed jobs or ended up in bankruptcy while its shareholders made large profits.
Mr Huntsman, a former governor of Utah running as a moderate, has enjoyed last minute momentum, rising to third place in a Suffolk University poll with 13 per cent, behind Ron Paul, the maverick Texas congressman.
Speaking before his final rally on Monday night before today’s primary in New Hampshire, Mr Huntsman warned that such insensitivity meant Mr Romney risked “losing the high ground”.
“Words and statements matter and when you are in a heated campaign,” he told CNBC. “You have got to be able to put this forward in ways that make people understand where you are going and not in comments that are going to make it impossible for you to get elected at the end of the day.
Mr Romney responded his remarks were taken out of context, but said he understood that was part of the rough and tumble of electoral politics. Supporters said it was outrageous for Republicans to attack him for engaging in free enterprise.
Sources:
Telegraph
The record of Bain Capital, the company he led for 14 years, has however come under intensified scrutiny as his rivals have sought to slow down his apparently smooth progress to the nomination. It has emerged that many companies it restructured shed jobs or ended up in bankruptcy while its shareholders made large profits.Mr Huntsman, a former governor of Utah running as a moderate, has enjoyed last minute momentum, rising to third place in a Suffolk University poll with 13 per cent, behind Ron Paul, the maverick Texas congressman.
Speaking before his final rally on Monday night before today’s primary in New Hampshire, Mr Huntsman warned that such insensitivity meant Mr Romney risked “losing the high ground”.
“Words and statements matter and when you are in a heated campaign,” he told CNBC. “You have got to be able to put this forward in ways that make people understand where you are going and not in comments that are going to make it impossible for you to get elected at the end of the day.
Mr Romney responded his remarks were taken out of context, but said he understood that was part of the rough and tumble of electoral politics. Supporters said it was outrageous for Republicans to attack him for engaging in free enterprise.
Sources:
Telegraph
No comments:
Post a Comment