Romney Reminds Wisconsin Of Walker's Failing 250,000 Jobs Promise

Mitt Romney is running a television ad in Wisconsin saying his national pledge to create 12 million new jobs means Wisconsin will gets 240,000 of them.

You can find the Romney pledge, here.

Twelve million is an impressive number, but it's the creation of script writers and campaign consultants - - so ask yourself this question, TV ad consumers:

Why would Romney go out of his way and remind Wisconsin of Scott Walker's failing promise, repeatedly publicized in Wisconsin, to create 250,000 new jobs here with a nearly-identical promise?

As PolitiFact recently wrote about Walker's job pledge and performance:

Updated: Thursday, July 19th, 2012

We're updating our item that monitors Gov. Scott Walker's progress toward meeting his top 2010 campaign promise -- that the state would create 250,000 private sector jobs by the end of his four-year term...

The final number for 2011 showed the state added 19,551 private-sector jobs...

So far in 2012, the monthly numbers show a net increase of 2,400 jobs.

When considered with the census numbers, the state has created an estimated 21,951 jobs since Walker took office. That means the state will need to create 228,049 more jobs before the end of Walker's term in 2014 for him to achieve his goal.

If ads are meant to convince viewers and sell products, this one is counter-productive - - unless it's an entrant in IronyFest 2012.

You might as well film Romney with his dog, or lecturing an empty chair, or having Paul Ryan in running togs opening with, "Folks, you know that campaigns are line marathons..."

Walker's 250,000 jobs pledge was bald-faced PR and is little more than a political punchline  - -  even his Department of Revenue has said he won't make it - - and Romney's ad, with virtually the same projection, sets up "heard that before" and "fool me once..." rejoinders.

But don't get me wrong. Keep running it, please.