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Is Mitt Romney's Track Record at Bain Capital?  Posted: Updated:
This is the first installment in a three-part series examining
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's claim that his
experience at his private equity firm, Bain Capital, makes him
better qualified than incumbent president Barack Obama to become
the United States' "Job Creator-in-Chief." This installment
reintroduces Romney's main qualifications for president, with a
focus on why his Bain Capital track record is revealing of his
thinking about job and wealth creation.  At a time when the
recovery of the U.S. economy from the Great Recession -- which
began during the Bush administration -- is proceeding much more
slowly than everyone would prefer, voters will likely place a
very high premium on whichever candidate has the most compelling
ability to create more jobs for those who currently are under
and unemployed in t