Bain vanishes from Mitt Romney's resume

Mitt Romney didn't play by the same rules as everyone else It wasn't too long ago that Mitt Romney was so eager to tout his experience as CEO of Bain Capital that he didn't even mention that he had once been governor of Massachusetts. Romney talked about Bain as if it were the only thing on his resume. And on Monday after the Obama campaign released its anti-Bain ad, the Romney campaign responded with a video touting a Bain success story.

However, 48 hours later, Romney's Bain record is still under attack ... but he has suddenly gone silent. According to Politico, not only did Romney fail to respond to those attacks in a speech earlier today ... he didn't even mention the word Bain.

He delivered a 22-minute standard stump speech and didn't make a single mention of it. He didn't even repeat his standard line about knowing how the economy works and how to create jobs because of his time in the private sector.

So not only did Romney fail to mention Bain ... he didn't make a generic plug about having private sector experience, something he does in virtually every speech. Apparently, he's so afraid to talk about Bain that he won't even say one word in his own defense. And if he won't even defend himself, then doesn't that tell you everything you need to know?