Romney in blistering attack on president
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April 12, 2012, Thursday
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MITT Romney, freed of his last serious challenger for the Republican presidential nomination, unleashed blistering attacks on President Barack Obama, assuring a brutal tone for the coming campaign before the November election.
Rick Santorum, the former senator who had struggled under the negative advertising barrage by the better-financed and organized Romney, left the Republican race on Tuesday.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor making his second presidential bid, launched an attack on Obama within hours of Santorum's departure.
Campaigning in Santorum's home state of Pennsylvania, Romney portrayed Obama as a weak leader who apologizes for America's greatness and prefers European-style socialism over robust free enterprise.
"The right course for America is not to divide America," Romney told a dinner gathering near Philadelphia. "That's what he's doing. His campaign is all about finding Americans to blame and attack, and find someone to tax more."
Obama, campaigning in Florida, said the choice this November will be as stark as in the 1964 contest between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater, which resulted in one of the biggest Democratic landslides. That election included dramatic moments, such as Goldwater's approval of "extremism in the defense of liberty."
Obama's campaign manager, Jim Messina, said in a statement after Santorum's withdrawal: "It's no surprise that Mitt Romney finally was able to grind down his opponents under an avalanche of negative ads. ... The more the American people see of Mitt Romney, the less they like him."
Rick Santorum, the former senator who had struggled under the negative advertising barrage by the better-financed and organized Romney, left the Republican race on Tuesday.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor making his second presidential bid, launched an attack on Obama within hours of Santorum's departure.
Campaigning in Santorum's home state of Pennsylvania, Romney portrayed Obama as a weak leader who apologizes for America's greatness and prefers European-style socialism over robust free enterprise.
"The right course for America is not to divide America," Romney told a dinner gathering near Philadelphia. "That's what he's doing. His campaign is all about finding Americans to blame and attack, and find someone to tax more."
Obama, campaigning in Florida, said the choice this November will be as stark as in the 1964 contest between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater, which resulted in one of the biggest Democratic landslides. That election included dramatic moments, such as Goldwater's approval of "extremism in the defense of liberty."
Obama's campaign manager, Jim Messina, said in a statement after Santorum's withdrawal: "It's no surprise that Mitt Romney finally was able to grind down his opponents under an avalanche of negative ads. ... The more the American people see of Mitt Romney, the less they like him."
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