Obama Says Focus on Romney’s Bain Experience Appropriate

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President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney’s record at the private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC deserves scrutiny because the Republican is basing his campaign on the premise “I’m Mister Fix-It on the economy.”

“If you’re the head of a large private-equity firm, or hedge fund, your job is to make money,” Obama said in an interview that aired today on “CBS This Morning.” “It’s not to create jobs.”