Sunday, January 20, 2013

Romney blasts Obama's 'secretary of business' plan as just another layer of government | Redux

Romney blasts Obama's 'secretary of business' plan as just another layer of government

Akwaaba, Obama
Akwaaba, Obama by Ben Sutherland
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
Excerpt:

The Romney campaign is ripping President Obama for calling for the creation of a secretary of business to handle the nation's economic ills -- running a TV ad saying that solution would only add more bureaucracy to a cluttered system.   "His solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat," the narrator says in the 30-second spot. "Why not have a president who actually understands business?"  The president floated the idea last week, saying he wanted to consolidate "a whole bunch" of government agencies.   "We should have one secretary of business, instead of nine different departments that are dealing with things like giving loans to (the Small Business Administration) or helping companies with exports," Obama told MSNBC.   Romney criticized the idea Thursday during a rally in southwest Virginia.

People:

Mitt Romney

Overall Sentiment: -0.171075

Relevance: 0.844965

SentimentQuote
-0.0749109"I know the president is trying to figure out some way to suggest he has new ideas," said Romney, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0749109
  • Mean: -0.0749109
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
Disambiguation: Politician | CompanyFounder | TVActorReferences:

President Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.152247

Relevance: 0.788057

SentimentQuote
0.0582675"We should have one secretary of business, instead of nine different departments that are dealing with things like giving loans to (the Small Business Administration) or helping companies with exports," Obama told ...
-0.131955She said Thursday the solution is not to re-elect a president whose policies are "hostile to job creators" ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0736875
  • Mean: -0.03684375
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
Disambiguation: Politician | President | Appointer | AwardWinner | Celebrity | PoliticalAppointer | U.S.Congressperson | USPresident | TVActorReferences:

Lis Smith

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.200228

SentimentQuote
0.185852"The idea that Mitt Romney would help businesses grow as president doesn't match his record or his policies," campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith said ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.185852
  • Mean: 0.185852
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Gov. Chris Christie

Overall Sentiment: -0.139325

Relevance: 0.19816

Andrea Saul

Overall Sentiment: -0.365336

Relevance: 0.183402

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Webpage Tags

No comments:

Post a Comment