If there's mudslinging, then it must be election season

Besides the expected "Obama accomplishments" and "President' Romney's first 100 days" commercials, there's always room for negativity.

Obama is hitting hard on Romney's "outsourcing with Bain Capitol".  Willard has argued that what he did as governor wasn't outsourcing.  What happened was that  American workers lost jobs to Foreign companies.  The jobs stayed with the American companies, but they did go to workers overseas.  At the end of the day, I don't think the American people see much difference- and there's no argument to be made that it's okay to give jobs to Indian and Chinese workers even if they ultimately report to an American CEO.

I think this is something that resonates with the American public in economic times (He also throws in the whole 'saving the American auto industry' thing).  It may be rough that Obama has had three-and-a-half years to fix these things, but it is ultimately a winner for Obama, I think.

Mitt's superpac friends are already out with their "The Health care law is a tax" attacks ads as expected.  meanwhile, Mitt's campaign is calling Obama a dirty campaigner and airing old Hillary Clinton footage from the primary season of 2008 and her saying what a 'vicious liar' Obama is.  Oh snap!

Interesting play (the Obama vs Hillary campaign was brutal, if you recall), though I am not sure how effective it will be (Is it supposed to turn Hillary supporters and women over to Romney?  Is it supposed to convince everyone Obama is just a big meanie?)

Obama is in Iowa next week, and Romney made a stop here a few weeks ago.  That particular visit recalled back to the headlines the story of one Dianne Bauer.

Romney's trip brought him to the eastern Iowa restaurants and cafes he frequented during the caucus season.

Bauer's was one, and she experienced the hurricane that was Willard.  A damaged roof.  Stolen tablecloths.  Broken Personal heirlooms.  She swore she would never let Mitt near her cafe again.

"Stuff got broke. My table cloths they just got ripped off, wadded up and thrown in the back room,"

She says the boom truck she allowed the campaign to borrow to gain access to the roof now has an 8-inch gauge [sic] in it that she'll have to take the time to repair.

The campaign told her to send them an itemized list of anything that was broken, and they would pay for it, but Bauer says that won't fix everything.

"My dad's picture, an emblem my dad gave me, it got broke. Those aren't things you can replace."

Bauer didn't get a in-person apology from the Presidential candidate who would be Keith Moon.  He did call to apologize, but I have seen her interviewed and she took it as an insult "I'm sorry your table cloths got ripped off, wadded up and thrown in the back room"  -Willard reportedly said.

No word on what damage was hailed upon Eastern Iowa in this last late June trip or whether anyone told Romney maybe he should just embrace the rock star image, as it makes him look like something approaching a human being.  Still, I never heard of any reports of cars being driven into swimming pools, so we will just consider that the last option wasn't picked.