Benjy Sarlin says there's a reason you've heard more about Mitt Romney's $10K bet than his time at Bain Capital.
Democrats are waiting to pounce on Romney’s business record. Perhaps the biggest sign of how much oomph Democratic strategists ascribe to the Bain Capital angle, is that they’ve barely used it at all.
Even while the DNC and Obama campaign frequently bring up Romney’s wealth (see: bet, $10,000), Bain’s layoffs almost never come up. That’s not an oversight: they’re keeping the powder dry for the general.
Newt Gingrich floated an attack on Romney's Bain days only to get smacked down by conservatives.
In a way, that's a disservice to the Republican's cause, because Romney will have to address it in the general election, and generally, primaries help candidates -- through trial and error, if nothing else -- figure out the best way to respond to attacks.
