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The Romney campaign not to be outdone put out its won Web video this morning featuring the president singing about a scandal that has come up recently with respect to the president. It almost feels like we're in the sandbox with two schoolkids going back and forth with pretty personal attacks.īut you saw over the weekend the president's campaign released an ad showing Mitt Romney singing "America the Beautiful" to some of his offshore investments. The other thing going that is on is this back and forth. He was delivering sort of a prebuttal to President Obama's event that is going on in Ohio.Īnd Senator Portman said the reason why Barack Obama is going after Mitt Romney's business record is because he wants to distract voters from the economy. You saw Rob Portman, one of the top vice presidential potential running mates for Mitt Romney out on the campaign trail earlier this afternoon. SAVIDGE: I presume they will go after the economy or the lackluster recovery.ĪCOSTA: That's right. You will hear more of that coming from the Romney campaign. I think that's the next stage of this campaign. I will tell you talking to the Romney campaign, they feel like this is an opening for them to go negative on the president. Fix-it, looking to his business experience, so the president says Governor Romney's business experience is going to be front and center at least at this stage of the campaign. He was asked by a local reporter in Virginia and the president defended these attacks, saying Mr. And you heard the president over the weekend. There's a reason why the campaigns are going back and forth with these attacks and there's a reason why the Obama campaign has been relentless attacking Mitt Romney and his business record and tax returns over the last several weeks. But then expert you talk to, Martin, will tell you this works. And every one of them will tell you they hate this stuff. I have to tell you I have talked to a few voters out there on the campaign trail. JIM ACOSTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I don't know, Martin. Does this really resonate with voters when they hear the back and forth? Jim, we have already seen it is getting pretty ugly out there. SAVIDGE: Well, I want to bring in our national political correspondent, Jim Acosta. So, a campaign based on falsehood and dishonesty does not have long legs. One after the other of their attacks has been shown by independent fact-checkers to be dishonest and false. And I'm going to continue going after him. MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard. Romney told FOX News that he won't let that stand. Obama's deputy campaign manger suggested Romney committed a felony by listing himself as CEO of Bain after leaving the firm. But he is fighting mad after the president refused to apologize for attacks on Romney's former company, Bain Capital. The Republican is spending his day fund-raising in the South. Mitt Romney stopping just short of calling President Barack Obama a liar. MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: False, dishonest. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Campaign Fireworks American Hostages Freed
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