New Obama ad targets Romney's tenure as governor

The Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, June 12 2012 6:34 a.m. MDT

Summary

President Barack Obama's campaign is launching a new ad against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, building on Obama's attack against his rival's economic record as Massachusetts governor.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's campaign is launching a new ad against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, building on Obama's attack against his rival's economic record as Massachusetts governor.

The ad picks up where a campaign commercial left off last week. It accuses Romney of leaving the state's debt and employment in worse condition than he found them. It says Romney presided over a state with the highest debt in the country and says it ranked 47th in the country in job creation. Romney was governor from 2003 to 2007.

The ad airs in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

The ad is selective in its economic data. The Massachusetts economy improved slightly while Romney was governor but its average employment growth was among the nation's worst.

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worf

Mcallen, TX

Why Obama doesn't know what he's talking about:

In a speech in Dover NH, September 12, 2008. Obama stated "I will cut taxes-for 95 percent of all working Americans". "When I'm President, we'll rewrite the More..

8:25 p.m. June 12, 2012
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Hemlock

Salt Lake City, UT

Mr. Obama,
Tell us what you've done lately and why you have abandoned your 2008 campaign promises. Your inability to turn our nation in the right direction is the issue, not Romney. Your pre-election record as a community organizer and the More..