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US White House campaign opens with sharp attacks
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/April/international_April341.xml§ion=internationalUS White House campaign opens with sharp attacks
John Whitesides (Reuters)
11 April 2012
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney fired a series of sharp attacks at each other on Wednesday as they opened a seven-month battle for the White House that is getting ugly fast.
Both campaigns moved quickly to frame the choice for voters one day after Romney’s chief rival, conservative Rick Santorum, dropped out, giving the former Massachusetts governor a clear path to the Republican nomination to challenge Obama in November’s election.
On cue, the Obama campaign released a video of Romney’s more awkward moments on the campaign trail and again portrayed him as a wealthy, out-of-touch conservative.
Romney attacked Obama’s economic leadership as a failure and described him as a throwback to the era of “big-government” Democrats.
