My ideal candidate: A boring conservative with no personality at all. I’m sick of personality.
AL SHARPTON: I`ve got to give Willard credit. There`s one thing he`s got at doing, and that`s making money. The problem for him is it`s coming back to haunt him.
.... Here`s the now infamous picture of Willard during his time at private equity firm Bain Capital. This week we`re learning he`s still making millions from Bain. Under his retirement deal Willard got up to $13 million from Bain in the last year alone. But Willard does not want us to know much. Today he repeated his refusal to release his tax returns.
......Meanwhile, the Associated Press has uncovered more details about some of the jobs Bain cut in the `90s. Under Bain`s control, a photo album company opened and closed a South Carolina factory where 150 people were laid off. But Bain made $22 million from the company. A great deal for Willard, not so great for the 150 people who lost their jobs.
MSNBC POLITICS NATION, December 22, 2011 Transcript