Mitt Romney says he was President of Bain Capital, but he's not responsible for anything that happened there. Mr. Romney, that may be how you acted as President of Bain, but if you want to be President of the United States, you have to understand something very simple and very important.
If you're not ready for that, you're not ready for this job.
If you can't accept responsibility for what happened on your watch at Bain, the American people cannot possible give you watch over the greatest responsibility in the world.
Mr. Romney, this is a hard job. A real President has ups and downs. A real President always does the very best he can. He has triumphs and failures, joy and tragedy, pride and shame. But there's one thing anybody ready to be President of the United States knows. You can't take credit for success without taking responsibility for failure. Because, Mr. Romney,
If you can't own up to what happened on your watch then, you're not ready to step up to the most important job in the world. Why not? Because