No Apologies: Obama Campaign Continues Attacks on Romney

Source: NYT

President Obama barnstormed through this swing state on Saturday as his campaign relentlessly hammered at Mitt Romney’s business record, releasing a mocking new ad that shows Mr. Romney singing “America the Beautiful” as it accuses his former firm of shipping American jobs overseas.

Mr. Obama, speaking to a drenched crowd during a downpour in this Richmond suburb, accused Mr. Romney of investing in “companies that have been called pioneers in outsourcing.” He ignored Mr. Romney’s demands for an apology about the campaign’s tone, which the Republican candidate had called for in interviews on Friday.

“My opponent and his allies in Congress, they believe in top-down economics,” Mr. Obama said. “If you cut through all the stuff, what they are really saying is tax cuts for the wealthy, roll back regulations. That is essentially their plan.”

The president’s campaign has spent more than a week harping on Mr. Romney’s personal wealth and calling on him to disclose information about his personal finances by releasing more years of his tax returns. It has also raised questions about Mr. Romney’s offshore investments and accounts.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/us/obama-refuses-to-apologize-to-romney.html

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The Washington Post chose a more generic headline: "Obama supporters brave the showers in Henrico County, Va.". That article included the attendance: "Obama appeared before a crowd of about 900 outside the Walkerton Tavern, a Henrico County historic site believed to have served as a field hospital for Union cavalrymen." In 2008, 56% of voters in this county voted for Obama (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia,_2008#By_county). While Henrico's county seat Richmond is in VA-3 (Robert C. Scott, D), Walkerton Tavern unfortunately is in VA-7, the district of...Eric Cantor.