President Obama, Mitt Romney deliver campaign speeches on the economy
President Barack Obama and Republican contender Mitt Romney will deliver remarks on the economy at a pair of campaign events in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday.
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"We were told it was okay to put two wars on the nation's credit card," Obama says in Cleveland economic speech.by Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:09:55 PM -

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"This was not your normal recession," says Obamaby Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:12:34 PM -
CNN cuts away from Obama after the same number of minutes it gave Romney. MSNBC still showing the President.by joshgreenman via twitter 6/14/2012 6:12:42 PM -
1stt part of Obama's speech goes through what he views as failed policies of the Bush years; says those policies created a "house of cards"by carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:12:42 PM -

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Europe isn't working in Europe. Except for their trade agreements, I guessby samyoungman via twitter 6/14/2012 6:12:57 PM -
Obama: Our economy started to grow again six months after I took office. #jobsby ewstephe via twitter 6/14/2012 6:13:27 PM -
Obama touts the auto bailout; says U.S. auto industry is now "back on top of the world"by carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:14:27 PM -

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"We're digging out from an entire decade" of policies that harmed middle class incomes, Obama saysby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:15:45 PM -
"Of course the economy is not where it needs to be," says Obama. "The debate in this election is how we grow faster."by Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:16:11 PM -
“Of course the economy isn’t where it needs to be," Obama says, adding that the debate is over how to fix itby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:16:25 PM -
Obama: "This is not my opinion. This is not political spin. This is precisely what they have proposed."by ewstephe via twitter 6/14/2012 6:18:20 PM -
Obama cites Romney by name, saying if he wins, he'd roll back regulations that protect consumers and would push for high-end tax cutsby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:18:28 PM -
The majority of people actually listening to this speech are tweeting about it.by drgrist via twitter 6/14/2012 6:22:01 PM -
I'm tired of having this trade agreement argument. Go back and read about potus's trip to Korea.by samyoungman via twitter 6/14/2012 6:22:07 PM -
Obama says cutting taxes on wealthy would eventually mean higher taxes on the middle class because that would be needed to close the deficitby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:22:35 PM -
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That's interesting? The unemployment rate has gone up significantly since he took office...by dasefx35 via twitter 6/14/2012 6:22:44 PM -
Obama highlighting some possible outcomes from adopting proposed GOP/Romney budget: “Ten million college students would lose an average of $1,000 each in financial aid” ... "The debate in this election is about how we grow faster, and how we create more jobs, and how we pay down our debt.” ... “There would be 1,600 fewer medical research grants for things like Alzheimer’s, cancer, and AIDS” -
Obama highlighting some possible outcomes from adopting proposed GOP/Romney budget: “Ten million college students would lose an average ...by Eric Johnson via twitter 6/14/2012 6:23:38 PM -
Obama: "I'm looking forward to the press following up" on his claims. @Politifact, there's your invitation.by ewstephe via twitter 6/14/2012 6:24:01 PM -
Obama argues Romney's economic plan would push US deeper into recession.by Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:25:00 PM -
Obama has a new catchphrase: "That's not my spin, that's not my opinion."by ewstephe via twitter 6/14/2012 6:25:11 PM -
Wasn't that long ago that NAFTA was as welcome in Ohio as the herpes monkeyby samyoungman via twitter 6/14/2012 6:25:43 PM -

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"We can’t afford to jeopardize our future by repeating the mistakes of the past," Obama saysby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:25:47 PM -
RT @samsteinhp: Obama, per the future Romney commercial: "you should vote for Mr. Romney"by Eric Johnson via twitter 6/14/2012 6:25:47 PM -

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Maybe you're getting old? MT @jackshafer: Obama's voice and rhetorical styling are starting to grate. I can no longer hear what he's saying.by sampjacobs via twitter 6/14/2012 6:29:26 PM -
Obama says that "despite what you hear from my opponent" he is not focused on government-centered solutions to the economy's problemsby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:30:13 PM -
Romney: "Talk is cheap." Sr. adviser moments later: "Whoever talks the most compellingly about (the economy) is going to win this race."by samyoungman via twitter 6/14/2012 6:30:35 PM -

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"I don't believe the government is the answer to all our problems," said Obama.by Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:31:12 PM -

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Obama today is referring to Romney as "Mister Romney," not "Governor Romney."by reidepstein via twitter 6/14/2012 6:34:07 PM -
RT @ktumulty: Difference from last Friday: Obama playing offense, not defense.by carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:34:41 PM -
Obama: Romney and GOP embraces a no holds barred, government is the enemy, market is everything approach.by Eric Johnson via twitter 6/14/2012 6:35:28 PM -
Obama the Candidate is ultramodern. Obama the policymaker very old fashionedby JimPethokoukis via twitter 6/14/2012 6:36:18 PM -
I'm about to take over the reins of Twitter.com for a live Q&A. Tweet Qs using #Obama2012by davidaxelrod via twitter 6/14/2012 6:36:48 PM -
Obama doesn’t address Romney’s opposition to hiring more teachers.by Zeke Miller via twitter 6/14/2012 6:38:41 PM -

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@samyoungman To be fair, everything is "cheap" when you're a billionaire.by hdrubin via twitter 6/14/2012 6:38:58 PM -
Obama: "Now's not the time for America to walk away from research and development. Now's the time to invest even more."by ewstephe via twitter 6/14/2012 6:39:07 PM -
RT @ewstephe: Obama: "Now's not the time for America to walk away from research and development. Now's the time to invest even more."by ReutersPolitics via twitter 6/14/2012 6:40:24 PM -
Obama now back to standard stump speech material that we've been hearing at his fundraisers.by Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:41:20 PM -
Obama: My plan would take half the money we're no longer spending on war and use it to do some nation-building here at home.by ReutersPolitics via twitter 6/14/2012 6:43:30 PM -
If you really want to get the deficit under control, wealthy have to pay more taxes, Obama saysby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:43:52 PM -

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Obama: "The only thing that can break the stalemate (in Washington over taxes) is you."by Eric Johnson via twitter 6/14/2012 6:47:48 PM -

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Obama on GOP/Romney attack plan: That may be their plan to win the election but it is not a plan to create jobs.by Eric Johnson via twitter 6/14/2012 6:50:09 PM -
"The only thing that can break the stalemate is you...this November is your chance to render a verdict on this debate," Obama tells audienceby ReutersPolitics via twitter 6/14/2012 6:50:45 PM -
Obama closes speech by asking for a "mandate" in Novemberby carenbohan via twitter 6/14/2012 6:55:41 PM -
Obama speech clocked in at about 55 minutesby Steve Holland via twitter 6/14/2012 6:56:17 PM -

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