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  • Mitt Romney: Downgrade 'not simply' president Obama's fault (softens tone)

    08/08/2011 2:42:36 PM PDT · by maggief · 37 replies
    POLITICO ^ | August 8, 2011 | MAGGIE HABERMAN
    Mitt Romney had a slightly softer tone in New Hampshire as he hit his message about the economy in the wake of the S&P downgrade in terms of how much blame President Obama should get than he dd last week, per the Wall Street Journal: "I don't think it's simply the president's fault," Romney said in reply to a question at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Concord, N.H., Monday. "I'm sure there are many people to share responsibility for the excessive spending in Washington over the past couple of decades." But Romney said the president should have found a...