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New Obama OMB director a Bain alum

New Obama OMB director a Bain Capital alum. Bain Capital, Mitt Romney’s old firm. “Yeah, Bain Captial types are evil, greedy, Wall St scum, that’s why I hired one as my OMB director.” Smooth.

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poppajoe49 says:

January 18, 2012 at 5:09 am

Likely, he's hoping the guy will drop some anecdotes he can use in his attack ads during the campaign.