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| Republicans attack Obama over Big Bird, binders and bayonets | Republicans attack Obama over Big Bird, binders and bayonets |
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| The Republicans opened up a new line of attack Wednesday accusing Barack Obama of trivialising the election by talking about Big Bird, binders and bayonets because he could not run on his first-term record. | The Republicans opened up a new line of attack Wednesday accusing Barack Obama of trivialising the election by talking about Big Bird, binders and bayonets because he could not run on his first-term record. |
| In a web ad, the Republican national committee says: "If you do not have a record to run on, you make a big election about small things." | In a web ad, the Republican national committee says: "If you do not have a record to run on, you make a big election about small things." |
| The ad came as Obama began two-day marathon trip round six battleground states as Romney's campaign showed signs of gathering momentum, attracting his biggest crowd of the campaign yet, with more than 10,000 turning out for a late-night rally Tuesday at Red Rocks, near Denver. | The ad came as Obama began two-day marathon trip round six battleground states as Romney's campaign showed signs of gathering momentum, attracting his biggest crowd of the campaign yet, with more than 10,000 turning out for a late-night rally Tuesday at Red Rocks, near Denver. |
| Anticipating swing state after swing state toppling in his direction on election night, Romney said Colorado could be the one that takes him over the magic 270 number of electoral college votes. "We're on the homestretch now. And I think the people of Colorado are going to get us all the way there," Romney told them. | Anticipating swing state after swing state toppling in his direction on election night, Romney said Colorado could be the one that takes him over the magic 270 number of electoral college votes. "We're on the homestretch now. And I think the people of Colorado are going to get us all the way there," Romney told them. |
| The Republican ad carried clips of Obama talking about Big Bird and Elmo from Sesame Street, about his focus on Romney's debate remark in New York about binders full of women and Obama's dismissive remark in the last debate on Monday about the military having moved on beyond bayonets and horses. As part of the frivolity charge, the Republican ad mentions Obama labelling the Republican candidate last week as suffering from 'Romnesia'. | The Republican ad carried clips of Obama talking about Big Bird and Elmo from Sesame Street, about his focus on Romney's debate remark in New York about binders full of women and Obama's dismissive remark in the last debate on Monday about the military having moved on beyond bayonets and horses. As part of the frivolity charge, the Republican ad mentions Obama labelling the Republican candidate last week as suffering from 'Romnesia'. |
| "Instead of talking about issues, the president offers petty attacks," the ad said. | "Instead of talking about issues, the president offers petty attacks," the ad said. |
| The Romney campaign team, co-ordinating its attack with the Republicans, issued a statement suggesting that Obama's 20-page leaflet on Tuesday setting out a second-term agenda was another example of small-scale politics, just a repackaging of old ideas. | The Romney campaign team, co-ordinating its attack with the Republicans, issued a statement suggesting that Obama's 20-page leaflet on Tuesday setting out a second-term agenda was another example of small-scale politics, just a repackaging of old ideas. |
| Obama campaign advisers, speaking to reporters aboard a plane following the president round the six battleground states, insisted the president was addressing the big issues in his campaign speeches, from the economy to health, from education to foreign policy. | Obama campaign advisers, speaking to reporters aboard a plane following the president round the six battleground states, insisted the president was addressing the big issues in his campaign speeches, from the economy to health, from education to foreign policy. |
| Jen Psaki, one of Obama's campaign spokeswoman, disputed Republican claims that the momentum was behind its campaign. She said that Obama was tied or ahead in every single swing state, that he was is ahead in terms of early voting and that, contrary to Republican claims, the campaign expected turn-out among Latinos and African Americans, who overwhelmingly support Obama, to be a record. | Jen Psaki, one of Obama's campaign spokeswoman, disputed Republican claims that the momentum was behind its campaign. She said that Obama was tied or ahead in every single swing state, that he was is ahead in terms of early voting and that, contrary to Republican claims, the campaign expected turn-out among Latinos and African Americans, who overwhelmingly support Obama, to be a record. |
| "We expect the race to be razor-thin until the end," she said. | "We expect the race to be razor-thin until the end," she said. |
| In an interview with the Des Moines Register, which was initially off-the-record but is now on, Obama suggested that if he wins the election, it would be because Romney, in harsh rhetoric aimed at undocumented workers, had alienated Latinos. | In an interview with the Des Moines Register, which was initially off-the-record but is now on, Obama suggested that if he wins the election, it would be because Romney, in harsh rhetoric aimed at undocumented workers, had alienated Latinos. |
| "Since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community," Obama said. | "Since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community," Obama said. |
| In the interview, he also offered a little more detail on his plans for a second term, saying he would seek to complete immigration reform in his first year and that a 'grand bargain' could be agreed with Congress on tackling the deficit. | In the interview, he also offered a little more detail on his plans for a second term, saying he would seek to complete immigration reform in his first year and that a 'grand bargain' could be agreed with Congress on tackling the deficit. |
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