Mitt Romney, the clear favourite to win the Republican presidential nomination, has released the first television ad of his 2012 campaign. Even though his immediate battle is against fellow Republicans – in the latest CNN poll, he trails Newt Gingrich by four points – here Romney’s attack is aimed squarely at Obama.
The Obama campaign has pushed back, particularly against the clip of Obama saying ‘If we keep talking about the economy,
we’re going to lose’, calling it ‘deceitful and dishonest’. You see, when Obama said that, in 2008, he was quoting John McCain’s campaign and criticising them for it. Here’s a fuller extract of
Obama using that line:
‘Deep down, John McCain knows his economic theories don’t work. That’s why his campaign said if we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose. That’s why I keep on talking about the economy.’
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