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Romney attacks Obama in op-ed

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a putative presidential candidate in 2012, attacked President Obama's economic policies Tuesday in an op-ed piece. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a putative presidential candidate in 2012, attacked President Obama's economic policies Tuesday in an op-ed piece. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey) | License Photo

BOSTON, March 8 (UPI) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a putative presidential candidate in 2012, attacked President Obama's economic policies Tuesday in an op-ed piece.

Romney, writing in the Boston Herald, compared the current economic slump to the one that cost President Jimmy Carter a second term.

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"Instead of unemployment coupled with inflation, we have a toxic blend of unemployment, debt, home foreclosures and bankruptcies," Romney said. "Their sum total is what we can call the Obama Misery Index. It is at a record high; indeed, it makes even the malaise of the Carter years look like a boom."

Romney is one of a large pool of possible Republican candidates who have yet to formally enter the race for the presidential nomination.

In his piece, Romney attacks "Obamacare," the healthcare plan that passed Congress, and does not mention it was modeled on the Massachusetts plan he championed as governor.

Romney, whose only time in elective office was his single term as governor, touted his private-sector experience.

The most important lesson I learned is that there are three rules of every successful turnaround: focus, focus, and focus," he said. "Turnarounds work when the leader focuses on what's most important. President Obama did just the opposite: he delegated the jobs crisis to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and he went to work on his own priorities, like cap and trade and government-run health care."

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