Europe’s Woes Give Democrats a New Line of Attack

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 4:09am |

By Helene Cooper, New York Times, June 6/7, 2012

[....] In a new line of attack, top Democrats are arguing that Mitt Romney and the Republicans, with their focus on spending cuts, are following Europe’s austerity-first example, to dismal effect so far: Greece over the edge; Italy, Spain, Portugal on the edge; Britain in recession; and the United States suffering through a needlessly weak recovery because of government cuts.

Former President Bill Clinton offered the clearest version of the case on Monday night, when, introducing Mr. Obama at a fund-raiser in New York, he listed the steps that Mr. Obama had taken to spur the economy, and then asked: “Why aren’t things roaring along now? Because Europe is in trouble and because the Republican Congress has adopted the European economic policy.” [....]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/us/politics/democrats-get-line-of-attack-in-europes-woes.html?ref=politics