Waldman watches Obama exploit it. Alex Koppelman nods:
In an election about a struggling economy and about people out of work, people want to see that their next President can, to borrow a phrase, feel their pain. Romney’s opponents will spend the next several months telling you he can’t do that. Hari Sevugan, the former press secretary for the Democratic National Committee, previewed that strategy Thursday on Twitter, writing, "The bullying wasn’t a teenage one-off. Seamus, slashing jobs. It’s all telling of a lack of empathy and compassion – Presidential qualities."
Josh Barro digs deeper into Romney's record. He encourages Mitt to show some humanity:
Here’s video of Chris Christie talking about the Tyler Clementi suicide. Yes, the question of why exactly Clementi killed himself has gotten a lot murkier than it looked at the time of Christie’s remarks in 2010. But you can tell from these remarks that Christie sees bullying as a real problem, and that he understands the human cost of young people treating each other cruelly. Where is that emotional reaction from Romney?
The Dish 