“After the Debate, Tagg Romney Apologized to the President” Last week
the oldest of Mitt Romney’s five sons, Tagg, 42, raised eyebrows when he
explained to a radio interviewer what it was like to watch President Obama
assail his dad’s truthfulness. Tagg said the comments made him want to “jump
out of my seat and … rush down to the debate stage and take a swing at him.” He
made the comments to North Carolina radio host Bill LuMaye. .
Boston Globe’s Matt Viser: “Mitt Romney
calls president barren of ideas” Mitt Romney Tuesday night came to this tossup
swing state and cast his campaign as an inevitable movement that is sweeping
across the country. “You see, the president’s status quo campaign, going
forward with the same ideas … is why he’s slipped,” Romney said before a crowd
of thousands at the Red Rocks Amphitheater on the outskirts of Denver. “And
it’s why our campaign is gaining.”
Bloomberg: “Romney Swaps Apology Charge
With Obama Jab: Reality Check” President Barack Obama and Republican nominee
Mitt Romney made competing assertions during their foreign policy debate
yesterday in Boca Raton, Florida. How did they square with the facts? The
Claim: Both candidates declared success in turning security in Afghanistan over
to that nation’s forces. Romney said the “surge has been successful, and the
training program is proceeding apace.” Obama said, “There’s no reason why
Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own
country.”
RACE
The New York Daily News’ Celeste Katz In
Boca Raton, Fla. AND Jonathan Lemire:”Presidential debate: Determined Obama
goes on attack, paints Mitt Romney as reckless and inconsistent in world
affairs” President Obama lacerated Mitt Romney Monday during their third and
final debate Monday, repeatedly painting his Republican rival as wrong,
reckless and inconsistent in world affairs. Romney accused Obama of being
ineffective on the global stage — but in a surprise, he soft-pedaled several of
his differences with Obama and even agreed with the President on a host of
policies.
The New York Times’ Michael Shear and
Helene Cooper: “With Debates Over, Candidates Race to Clinch Vital States”
President Obama started making his closing argument for a second term on
Tuesday, beginning a furious two-week effort to beat back a late surge by Mitt
Romney and hang on to battleground states where voters are already casting
ballots in large numbers.
The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker and
David Fahrenthold: “Candidates reveal their strategies for the home stretch” On
Tuesday, the presidential candidates unveiled their endgames. After a debate
season that reversed the two men’s fortunes in the polls, President Obama
indicated that he would run in the last two weeks of the race as an underdog.
“I don’t want to lose this election,” he told supporters in an e-mail.
Politico’s Alexander Burns: “What the
campaigns really meant” Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have just two
weeks to make their closing arguments. There are few if any opportunities left
for either candidate to move the 2012 race in a big way. Both campaigns are
hoping that either a powerful turnout operation or a perfectly resonant message
will tip the race ever so slightly in their direction.
SWING STATES
The Wall Street Journal’s Carole E. Lee.
Patrick O’ Connor and Danny Yadron:
“Candidates Battle to Lock Up Key States” Backed by a ramp-up in TV ad
purchases, Mitt Romney will spend much of the final two weeks of the campaign
presenting himself as a bipartisan bridge-builder, aides said, while President
Barack Obama tries to persuade voters that his Republican rival is painting a
centrist veneer over conservative policy positions. With the last of their
debates behind them, the candidates offered Tuesday a look at the closing
arguments they plan to make in the home stretch and where they intend to work
hardest to drive them home.
The Hill’s Amie Parnes and Justin Sink:
“Obama, Romney battle to define state of tight White House race” President
Obama and Mitt Romney battled Tuesday to define the state of the presidential
race with just two weeks to go before Election Day. Senior Obama campaign officials blitzed the
airwaves a day after a combative performance by Obama at the third presidential
debate, with senior strategist David Axelrod saying his candidate was “even or
ahead” in every battleground.
The Los Angeles Times’ Seema Mehta:”Voters
in Ohio village skeptical of both Obama and Romney” They gather at this old
watering hole every week, watching Steelers games and catching up, talking
about their children and grandchildren, layoffs and job prospects, marriages
and divorces. With the 2012 presidential election two weeks away and Ohio one
of the most vital states on the path to the White House, talk easily turns to
politics, and the salty language flows as freely as the Miller Lite.
The
Washington Times’ Dave Boyer: “In homestretch, Obama, Romney begin battleground
blitz“President Obama lacerated Mitt Romney Monday during their third and final
debate Monday, repeatedly painting his Republican rival as wrong, reckless and
inconsistent in world affairs. Romney accused Obama of being ineffective on the
global stage — but in a surprise, he soft-pedaled several of his differences
with Obama and even agreed with the President on a host of policies.
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