Scott Galupo wonders:
A sizable chunk of the electorate—maybe the decisive chuck—simply will not believe that the tide that lifted Bain, lifted them—or will ever lift them again. This bloc of voters is going to hear Obama’s critique and nod in agreement. And there’s very little that Romney will be able to say in his own defense that will change their mind.
In a way, Romney’s dilemma is the unhappy result of about 50 years’ worth of capitalism-as-populism rhetoric catching up with the conservative movement.