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Title: Obama Embraces Economic Record In New Commercial
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Associated Press
URL Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie ... AULT&CTIME=2012-10-15-12-44-21
Published: Oct 15, 2012
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2012-10-15 14:35:48 by Brian S
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Comments: 18
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- With the economy showing some signs of improvement three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama on Monday laid down a full embrace of the economic record many Republicans say is his biggest weakness. The president's first act in this critical campaign week was to announce a new battleground state advertisement featuring voters discussing the ways their economic conditions have improved during his term. The ad was hitting the airwaves as Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney huddled in intense preparation for their second debate as polls show a closely fought campaign. "This race is tied," Obama said in an appeal to supporters asking them to donate at least $5 to his re-election effort. He promised to be "fighting" for the election on the debate stage Tuesday night - something many of his supporters thought he did too little of in his first face-off with Romney. GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan lambasted Obama's handling of the deficit during an appearance Monday in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin. He pointed to a digital scoreboard his campaign set up at the far end of Carroll University's field house that tracked the growth of the nation's deficit in real time. "Look at how fast those numbers are running," Ryan said. "We know without a shred of doubt that we have consigned the next generation to this path of debt." He acknowledged that Obama inherited "a tough situation" when he took office but argued the president has only made things worse. He touted Romney's plan to cut taxes by 20 percent across the board as the path back to economic growth. Even as polls show the race tightening nationally and in battleground states, Obama's campaign aides say they are encouraged by public and private surveys showing voters growing more confident about the direction of the economy. Those trends are behind the new 30-second spot the campaign is running in Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and Virginia. "Stick with this guy," a gravelly voiced man says at the end of the commercial in a point Obama hopes wavering voters will embrace. A second ad targeted at Ohio voters features former astronaut and Sen. John Glenn touting Obama's character and economic record. Aides argue that some voters got a psychological boost when the unemployment rate fell below 8 percent last month for the first time since Obama's inauguration. But the campaign says it puts more stock in economic indicators showing an increase in consumer confidence and retail spending, which indicate shifts in voter behavior. Retail sales rose 1.1 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Monday. That followed a 1.2 percent increase in August, which was revised slightly higher. Both were the largest gains since October 2010. The Commerce Department also announced Monday that American companies restocked their shelves at a solid pace of 0.6 percent in August. Still, with millions of Americans still out of work, the campaign is trying to walk a fine line between touting economic gains and acknowledging that many voters are still struggling. Obama campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said the president would seek to run on his economic record, not away from it, during Tuesday's debate. "He would be happy to spend the entire debate talking about their visions for the middle class," Psaki told reporters gathered in Williamsburg, Va., where Obama and his advisers were in the midst of an intense, three-day "debate camp" at a golf resort. Obama's campaign, seeking to rebound from a dismal first debate, promised a more energetic president would take the stage Tuesday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Romney's team aimed to build on a commanding opening debate that gave the Republican new life in a White House race that had once appeared to be slipping away from him. "The debate was huge and we've seen our numbers move all across the country," Romney's wife, Ann, said in an interview on Philadelphia radio station WPHT. She talked about the larger crowds her husband has been drawing in the aftermath of that first face-off. "That's what you call momentum," she said. Early voting is already under way in dozens of states, including some battlegrounds, giving the candidates little time to recover from any slipups. Much of the pressure in the coming debate will be on Obama, who aides acknowledge showed up at the first face-off with less practice - and far less energy - than they had wanted. Romney, who has made no secret of the huge priority his campaign puts on the debates, practiced Monday at a hotel near his home in Massachusetts. Romney's advisers suggested the Republican nominee would continue to moderate his message - in tone, if not substance - as he did in the Oct. 3 meeting to help broaden his appeal to the narrow slice of undecided voters. In recent days, Romney has promised his tax plan would not benefit the wealthy, emphasized his work with Democrats as Massachusetts governor and downplayed plans to curtail women's abortion rights. Ann Romney focused on the struggles women face in her radio interview. "The numbers don't lie and what the numbers tell us is that more women have been hurt by this economy than men, more women are unemployed, and more women have fallen into poverty in the last four years," she said. "We do hear their voices." During debate preparations, aides are working on tailoring that message to a debate format. They're also working on balancing aggressive tactics with the debate's town-hall format, which often requires candidates to show a connection with questioners from the audience. Romney's top-flight donors are meeting at New York's tony Waldorf Astoria hotel through Wednesday, getting a chance to mingle with Ryan and attend strategy briefings and policy discussions with senior Romney aides. The retreat appears to be a scaled-down version of a posh Park City, Utah, gathering this summer for Romney's most generous contributors. There, Romney officials hosted campaign updates and set ambitious fundraising goals for the general election.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Take me off your pinglist, you o'Bungler pole-smoker.
There's nothing like riots, starvation, and $10 gas to take your mind off of the economy. Gas was $4.61 here a few days ago, but it's probably gone up by now. War at home, and abroad!
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I got some for $3.49 today.
We are down to 3.65. Gets below 3.50 and I start driving the Yukon again!!!
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'...
Yeah, but you didn't have two governor Moonbeams! Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
But but but both parties are the same.
Yeah, you think Schwartzenumbskul was any better? Just another liberal bushbot neocon progressive moonbeam, like Masshole Mitt.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
We have a pretty decent repub gov here in michigan. I didn't vote for him but he has turned out better than I expected. Doesn't walk the party line and it is driving them crazy. Will most likely vote for him in a couple of years when he is up for re-election.
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'...
While I agree that both parties are too enamoured with Big Guv'ment, it's not at all accurate to say they are the same. There are actually elected GOPers who understand that the solution to America's woes is to devolve power out of the Federal Leviathan and back to the States, Localities, and Individuals. Not a single DemocRAT in elected office will support anything but more and more centralization of Power in DeeCee...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, You are the one who said you have moonbeam and said that is why your prices are high. We have Kasich who I didn't vote for but will next time.
said you have moonbeam TWO moonbeams. Plural, an R and a D. Your rose colored Shwarzen-Kennedy glasses made you miss that. Reagan was the last decent governor we had, and that was in the sixties. The young Jerry Moonbeam Brown succeed Reagan, and they've all been moonbeams ever since. In the recall election I voted for the conservative Tom McClintock(RINO), not the real Republican liberal Arnold(R). The only thing more progressive liberal than a genuine California Republican, is a Massachusetts one. For example, Romney(R) brought gay marriage to Mass, but we defeated proposition 9, and still don't have it. The fags went crazy and started beating up blacks because they don't like homo's and refused to vote for same sex perversion, and also beat up a grandma with a cross in Palm Springs. They weren't so "gay" then, just mean and angry faggots looking for someone to blame. There wasn't much about it in the news, because it broke the D&R myths about blacks being liberal overall, and perverts being "gay" and happy.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Out of curiosity what do you think of Pete Wilson. I think he had good and bad points, more good then bad.
More bad than good. We'll have to agree to disagree.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
From wikipedia ". At the end of his term of office, Wilson left California with a $16 billion budget surplus" When is the last time that happened. He also helped something that could have saved the nation if it wasn't struck down illegally by liberal assholes. Prop 187.
Three days after Proposition 187 was approved, on November 11, federal district court judge Matthew Byrne issued a temporary injunction against the state of California, forbidding the enforcement of Prop 187. Federal judge Marianna Pfaelzer then issued a permanent injunction, pending a trial. The state of California asked in 1997 for the case to be dismissed and the injunction dropped, on the grounds that federal immigration law had changed in the meantime. The federal court denied the request that the case be dismissed. The state of California never appealed that decision, so the permanent injunction stands, and the case has never proceeded to trial. http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_187,_Illegal_Aliens_Ineligible_for_Public_Benefits_%281994%29 You couldn't be more wrong... Pete Wilson killed prop 187 by refusing to appeal the injunction against enforcement of it. The whole time he made no attempt to enforce the law, but worked diligently in the background to kill it. He's a typical Republican reconquista traitor, like Bush, McCain, and Mitt. The Democrats aren't any better but that's no excuse. With a few million invaders here, you'd think congress would have declared war on Mexico long ago! Bush surrendered to Mexico, but didn't tell anyone. We have a MOG (Mexican Occupied Government).
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Bullshit. He was for it and campaigned for it.
He was a liberal asshole(R), and he lied a lot. The facts are there in my post above, read it and weep GOPbot.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
.......sigh.....we'da been sitting a bit better had wilson not dimtarded out on 187 and tom mc had taken the reigns. place is in a nosedive. the rubicon has been crossed and there is no return boat available. i'm not planning on staying, though i'm an oakland native.
------always bet on black------
"I am relying on my personal experience with Morons, which have been universally positive." -jwpegler
#2. To: Brian S, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
(Edited)
the president has only made things worse
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
#5. To: A K A Stone (#3)
I got some for $3.49
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#6. To: hondo68 (#5)
Yeah, but you didn't have two governor Moonbeams!
#7. To: A K A Stone, *Liberal Rehab Staff* (#6)
but both parties are the same.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#8. To: hondo68 (#7)
#9. To: A K A Stone (#6)
"...both parties are the same."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#10. To: hondo68 (#7)
Yeah, you think Schwartzenumbskul was any better? Just another liberal bushbot neocon progressive moonbeam, like Masshole Mitt.
#11. To: A K A Stone, e_type_jag, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#10)
(Edited)
Yeah, but you didn't have governor Moonbeams!
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#12. To: hondo68 (#11)
#13. To: A K A Stone (#12)
Pete Wilson. I think he had good and bad points, more good then bad.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#14. To: hondo68 (#13)
#15. To: A K A Stone, *Border Invasion* (#14)
(Edited)
He also helped something that could have saved the nation if it wasn't struck down illegally by liberal assholes. Prop 187.
Pete Wilson - In office January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999
California Proposition 187 was on the November 8, 1994 general election ballot in California as an initiated state statute
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#16. To: hondo68 (#15)
Pete Wilson killed prop 187
#17. To: A K A Stone (#16)
(Edited)
Bullshit. He was for it and campaigned for it.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#18. To: hondo68 (#11)
In the recall election I voted for the conservative Tom McClintock(RINO),
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