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| Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talk economics in Ohio – US politics live | Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talk economics in Ohio – US politics live |
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| 10.30am: The Huffington Post's Jon Ward notes that the latest Romney attack ad "Doing Fine?" is a carbon copy of the ad the Obama campaign used in 2008 attacking John McCain that year: | |
| In 2008, the Obama ad quoted McCain saying that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong," and ended with: "How can John McCain fix our economy if he doesn't understand it's broken?" | |
| The Romney ad quotes Obama saying "the private sector is doing fine," and ends with: "How can President Obama fix our economy if he doesn't understand it's broken?" | |
| The Romney campaign even used the same music. | |
| But as a YouTube commenter on the Romney ad put it: "Screw this blame game bullshit. I'm not voting for either of you." | |
| 10.15am: On today's Ohio speechathon between Obama and Romney: | |
| Barack Obama: 1.45pm ET – speaks at a campaign event on "two contrasting visions for our economy" at Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus Recreation Centre, intersection of East 30th Street and Community College Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Mitt Romney: 1.50pm ET – "delivers remarks" at Seilkop Industries, 425 West North Bend Road, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| According to Google Maps, the two venues are about 240 miles apart. "It is believed to be the first time in this cycle that both candidates will be in the same state at precisely the same time," says the LA Times. | |
| 9.45am: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama go head to head – in place and time if not in person – this afternoon, with dueling speeches on the US economy in Ohio, a crucial swing state in the 2012 presidential elections. | |
| The two men will be speaking almost simultaneously, with Obama starting at 1.45pm and Romney at 1.50pm – although it would have been more sensible for Romney to wait and offer instant rebuttal once Obama had finished. | |
| Here's Ryan Devereaux with a summary of the latest developments: | |
| • Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will offer their competing visions of how to fix the economy to voters in Ohio today. The two men will deliver speeches at nearly identical times in the battleground state, with the president appearing at a Cleveland community college and Romney at a manufacturing company in Cincinnati. Their appearances will prefigure the central debate of the 2012 election as Obama attempts to sell people on the notion of a crucial choice between his economic ideas and his challenger's. Romney, meanwhile, will attempt to seize on the nation's slow job growth as a sign of the president's failure and lay out his top priorities for his first 100 days in office. | • Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will offer their competing visions of how to fix the economy to voters in Ohio today. The two men will deliver speeches at nearly identical times in the battleground state, with the president appearing at a Cleveland community college and Romney at a manufacturing company in Cincinnati. Their appearances will prefigure the central debate of the 2012 election as Obama attempts to sell people on the notion of a crucial choice between his economic ideas and his challenger's. Romney, meanwhile, will attempt to seize on the nation's slow job growth as a sign of the president's failure and lay out his top priorities for his first 100 days in office. |
| • Romney launched a new attack ad this morning targeting a gaffe Obama made last week when he said the private sector is "doing fine". The Romney team posits the following questions in the video: ""The private sector is doing fine? How can President Obama fix our economy if he doesn't understand it's broken?" | • Romney launched a new attack ad this morning targeting a gaffe Obama made last week when he said the private sector is "doing fine". The Romney team posits the following questions in the video: ""The private sector is doing fine? How can President Obama fix our economy if he doesn't understand it's broken?" |
| • Meanwhile, the pro-Obama Super PAC, Priorities USA Action, has launched another ad targeting Romney's tenure at the private equity firm, Bain Capital. With clips of local news coverage and tag line that reads "If Mitt Romney wins, the middle class loses.", the ad makes the case that while "Bain doubled its $10 million investment … workers in New Hampshire lost their jobs as the company consolidated its operations overseas." | • Meanwhile, the pro-Obama Super PAC, Priorities USA Action, has launched another ad targeting Romney's tenure at the private equity firm, Bain Capital. With clips of local news coverage and tag line that reads "If Mitt Romney wins, the middle class loses.", the ad makes the case that while "Bain doubled its $10 million investment … workers in New Hampshire lost their jobs as the company consolidated its operations overseas." |
| • Forbes magazine has revealed billionaire Republican backer, Sheldon Adelson and his wife have already donated $10m to the GOP's leading Super PAC and are willing and able to spend much, much more. According to the article, a well-placed source in the Adelson camp with direct knowledge of the casino billionaire's thinking says that further donations will be "limitless." | • Forbes magazine has revealed billionaire Republican backer, Sheldon Adelson and his wife have already donated $10m to the GOP's leading Super PAC and are willing and able to spend much, much more. According to the article, a well-placed source in the Adelson camp with direct knowledge of the casino billionaire's thinking says that further donations will be "limitless." |
| • A group of fashion industry leaders will gather at the Greenwich Village home of Sarah Jessica Parker tonight to raise money for the president re-election efforts. The occasion will be co-hosted by Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour and will cost $40,000 per plate to attend. The guest list includes some highly notable New York City celebrities, such as era Wang, Michael Kors, Kenneth Cole, Andrew Rosen of Theory and Millard Drexler of J Crew. | • A group of fashion industry leaders will gather at the Greenwich Village home of Sarah Jessica Parker tonight to raise money for the president re-election efforts. The occasion will be co-hosted by Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour and will cost $40,000 per plate to attend. The guest list includes some highly notable New York City celebrities, such as era Wang, Michael Kors, Kenneth Cole, Andrew Rosen of Theory and Millard Drexler of J Crew. |
| • And finally, get ready to set your VCRs or Tivos or whatever because this weekend Mitt Romney is expected to make his first non-Fox News Sunday talk show appearance, by sitting down for CBS News's Face the Nation. | • And finally, get ready to set your VCRs or Tivos or whatever because this weekend Mitt Romney is expected to make his first non-Fox News Sunday talk show appearance, by sitting down for CBS News's Face the Nation. |