How To Run Against Romney

A preview of Obama's attack:

I'm a little taken aback by the personal brazenness of this. It's far more populist than Obama's previous campaign. In fact, it reminds me of the kind of brutal ads Republicans tend to deploy. Greg Sargent expects the millionaire tax rate will be central to the campaign:

You’d think the fact that Romney himself is one of the “millionaires and billionaires” who pays lower tax rates would render him a less than ideal messenger to make the case against Obama’s push for tax fairness. After all, Obama — or his outside allies — can respond by pointing out that Romney himself personally profits from the system Obama is trying to reform. Indeed, that’s what they’re now officially doing. Republicans will argue that Obama risks looking like too much of a class warrior who’s looking to penalize wealth and success if he runs with this line. And indeed, his campaign has not yet picked it up yet. But Dems view this as a way to exploit Romney’s vulnerabilities without being tarred as anti-success: They are merely arguing that Romney should pay the same tax rate as middle class taxpayers.