So disappointed in hearing Perry defend this attack line in an interview yesterday on Fox. He lost me. It appears that even conservative career politicians do not understand how businesses work. A good CEO has to have the stomach to cut the bloating, and Newt and Perry don't appear to have it. Romney may be the executive to get the team in place to get it done.

How about someone who has complete respect for the Constitution and the limits it places on the federal government?

Romney will never moves us back to the Right. Americans need to acknowledge the fact that this is an intentional attack upon us and defeat it. I will never vote for Romney, and since the Republicans are bent on forcing him upon us, and since they keep selling us out and are affraid to fight for us, next election I will be an Independent Tea Party.

Good point Linda.

The Feceral Gov't certainly needs to be pared down to size and Mitt just may know the right type of people to surround himself with to accomplish such a gargantuan task.

Certainly far more able advisors than the vermin Obama-Soetoro has put into place.

As the federal government is bloated and ineffecient we need the Blain Capital model to over haul that monstrosity. Many jobs could be lost, I wouldn't miss Pelosi, Boxer, Reed, and all the other losers with a (D) after their credential.

Too bad people have not seen the connection between Bain Capital, Dominos, Serta and Staples.

Dominos - a much lauded success of Romney's received a 12 million dollar government bailout.

Serta was bought by an arm of Bain Captial. So was Simmons. Simmons went into bankruptcy and they intended to put them together to be bigger than Sealy. Sounds like a monopoly in the making.

Then there is Staples. Bain Capital bought out Office Depot and started Staples. Tried to Merge the two, but the Federal Trade Commssion said no can do. There could well be too much room for over-pricing and pushing the little guy out, i.e. Office Max and others. Sounds like a semi-failed attempt at another monopoly. Not to mention Staples has many overseas jobs created! I said OVERSEAS jobs.

Do your homework.

Romney is everything they say he is and more on that video.

Then there are arms off of Bain Capital that are busy, busy, busy as well ARES, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company. There are more names if you will really get down and dirty and search instead of whining about the unfairness of it all!

Check out what these people did to Samsonite Luggage Company as well.

Mitt Romney is a very successful business man and I applaud him for that. People need to realize that companies are in business to make money and not to create jobs. Bain is a successful business and it is making a lot of people a lot of money and that is great. Yes, we do need a President who will help clean up and streamline our Federal Government. However one man can't do it alone. There are still alot of negatives against Romney and Bain. I don't know about the bailout money but I did hear that Bain has given money to many Domocratic campaingn coffers and to the DNC. Were the conservative democrats. I don't know. We do know where the DNC's interests lie though. Speaker Newt and Perry are wrong for attacking Romney on his business record though. Capitalism is what built and drives This Country I am proud to say which is what Romney practiced to make his money. They should be ashamed not Romeny on this one.

I don`t always agree with Ms Chavez`s editorials. However; I`m with her on this one. Romney might not be my first choice, but if he wins the nomination he will have my unfaltering support. If we do not unify behind the eventual Republican candidate, it will mean four more years of Oboma the destroyer.

Richard Ryan

Lamar,Missouri - Birthplace of Harry S Truman

"The country could do a lot worse than electing a president who knows how to do exactly that."

The country did do a lot worse - electing a community organizer who never so much as ran a lemon aid stand much less ever met a payroll.

Profit is not an ugly word. It is with profits that companies meet payrolls, expand their facilities and pay taxes. Are there really people in the United States that believe a company can exist by selling their products at a loss? Oops - my mistake it seems a lot of liberals, progressives or whatever the current name they go by do believe that.

"If a company isn't profitable, it won't stay in business, even if the owners are pure altruists. Companies fail for lots of reasons: Their products or services are inferior, they lose market share to competitors or they become bloated and inefficient. Turnaround firms like Bain Capital specialize in solving the last problem."

I think our government has become bloated and inefficient one thousand times over! Mitt will do a great job. He is a leader AND he understands the Constitution! Thanks for putting my thoughts into words! Great article.

In a period of 5 yrs o so I negotiated and closed some 50 or so acquisitions large and small. None of them were hostile takeovers. WE had a plan and purpose and th each seller had reason to sell.

The seller's reasons were varied; usually these ller had real problems with the business. I remeber closing one deal where we had to go deposit a large portion of the price to cover payroll checks handed out the same day. The acquiror wants to have purchased a viable business and make a profit. Ultimately it must have a acceptable return on its investment. It usually has to make investments on top of the purchase price. Change is almost always necesssary.The purchase price is only the cost of entry for the acquiror. The vultures can be found most frequently in the bankruptcy Courts where the business has allready failed and they are feasting on the bones of the departed.Bain 's business is to save business with big probllems but with prospects.