Former Florida Senator and Romney for President National Advisory Council Chairman Mel Martinez made the following statement on the Democratic National Committee's misleading advertisement and press conference call:
"It is unsurprising that President Obama and the Democratic Party machine are relentlessly attacking Mitt Romney. Having failed to turn around the economy, they have no choice but to run a negative campaign against the presidential candidate best equipped to bring them to account for three years of economic mismanagement that has left millions of Americans without work."
Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Sen. Mel Martinez: Romney Will Defeat Obama on Economy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/297895