Romney Ad: Pelosi Put Obama on Mute Bashes president's leadership via Woodward account By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted Sep 23, 2012 9:42 AM CDT 143 comments Comments Romney Ad: Pelosi Put Obama on Mute "If he cannot lead his own party, how can he lead America?," asks the ad. (hG0JxLISQNU) (Newser) – Mitt Romney is out with a new ad this morning that's generating some buzz, reports CNN. Repeating Bob Woodward's account of tensions between President Obama and top Democrats during negotiations over raising the debt limit, the ad alleges that during a phone conference, "As President Obama spoke, Nancy Pelosi hit the mute button, went on with their meeting, ignoring the president, not even listening to what he had to say." It concludes: "If he cannot lead his own party, how can he lead America?" Pelosi tells Politico bluntly, "That didn't happen." View 1 image My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 56% Annoying 27% Hilarious 2% Intriguing 1% Depressing 15% Brilliant 0% Scary