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Romney Decides to Get on Top of This Bain Story

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (C) talks with campaign advisors Stuart Stevens (L) and Eric Fehrnstrom on a chartered airplane after departing Des Moines, Iowa, January 4, 2012 while en route to Manchester, New Hampshire.
Who’s handling Bain — you? You? Okay, we need somebody. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Mitt Romney, reports Ben Smith, is hiring veteran Republican staffer-lobbyist Michele Davis to lead a vigorous effort to defend his career in the private sector.” Want to know which campaign is “winning” the debate over how to define Mitt Romney’s business career? It’s probably the campaign that isn’t just now hiring a high-profile staffer to relaunch its message.

Romney Decides to Get on Top of This Bain Story