Who's the rich guy? Obama, Romney duel over status

By Ken Thomas

Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, April 10 2012 4:46 p.m. MDT

Summary

One candidate is worth up to $250 million, ran a private equity firm and plans to build an elevator for the cars at his beach house. The other is the former head of the Harvard Law Review who became a best-selling author and millionaire and now lives in the world's most famous mansion — 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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ParkCityAggie

Park City, Ut

It's not about who has more money and more about how they earned it. Most upper-level politicians are rich, you pretty much have to be in order to run for office, that's a given. It’s hard to stay in touch as we’ve seen with More..

6:26 p.m. April 10, 2012
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worf

Mcallen, TX

Only one of these guys find richness unfair, but won't evenly redistribute his wealth to the rest of us. He would rather spend our tax money for lavish vacations, and campaign tours.

The choice is clear.

8:37 p.m. April 10, 2012
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Mark B

Eureka, CA

If worf thinks that campaigning is a form of "lavish vacation", he is sadly mistaken. It's work, frequently hard work in places where you might not want to be, talking with people anxious for a favor they feel you could grant them. More..

9:57 p.m. April 10, 2012
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