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NBC's Peter Alexander reports about the Obama
Vs. Romney battle campaign of who has what it takes to turn this
economic climate change around before the election in November.
By NBC News
In the sharpened rhetoric between president
Obama and Mitt Romney will speak at the NAACP convention a little later
today over the state of the economy. The NAACP is the
nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Romney can expect to face a
skeptical audience here, Four years ago then candidate Obama won 95% of
the African-American vote but Romney is hoping this community will take a
listen to his policies today.
Meanwhile the president and Romney have been
going back and forth exchanging fire over everything from taxes to who
is most to blame for shipping jobs overseas.
“We tried it their way through multiple last decades, and it didn’t work” President Obama said.
President Obama campaigning in the battleground state of Iowa,
“This old style liberalism of bigger and bigger
government and bigger and bigger taxes has got to end and we will end it
in November.” Mitt Romney said.
Mitt Romney campaigning in the battleground
state of Colorado, new polls show the race is dead even. Romney chose
Colorado where the unemployment rate is 9% to dismiss the president’s
call to let the bush era tax rates expire, for Americans making more
than $250,000 dollars a year.
“So at the very time the American people are
seeing fewer jobs created than we need, the president announces he's
going to make it harder for jobs to be created.” Romney continued. The
President chose Iowa where the unemployment rate is well below the
national average at 5.1% to defend his proposal.
“To give me another tax break, or to give Warren
Buffett another tax break, or to give Mitt Romney another tax break,
that would cost - that would cost about a trillion dollars.” President
Obama continued.
And President Obama continued to raise questions about Romney’s business record at Bain capital.
“Governor Romney has experienced owning companies called pioneers in the business of outsourcing.”
But for the first time Tuesday Romney pushed
back calling Mr. Obama’s claims false and tried to shift attention to
the President’s record.
“This president has been outsourcing a good deal
of American jobs himself. If it’s an outsourcer in chief, it’s
president of the united states, not the guy who is running to replace
him.” said Romney.
Meanwhile the President’s half brother, George
Obama, who lives in a poor neighborhood in Kenya makes a film debut and
soon to be released documentary by a harsh critic of the president,
tries unsuccessfully to get George Obama to talk critically about his
famous half brother.
“The theme of the articles was that Obama had not done anything to help you” he asked George Obama.
“I think he has a family of his own, He’s
supposed to help his family, I’m of an age to help myself. He’s got
other issues to deal with.” George Obama said.
“Taking care of the world but you shouldn’t start at home.” said the interviewer.
“Yeah he’s taking care of the world, so he’s taking care of me. I’m part of the world” George continued.
Back to Mitt Romney now, there’s heavy
speculation he would announce a running mate as early as this month,
well in advance of the republican national convention. The thinking
being he would use that running mate to help raise money now to compete
with president Obama in the general election. But yesterday he was asked
that very question on the trail in Colorado and he couldn’t have been
any more vague saying he will make that decision down the road.
