UNRELENTING OBAMA JABS AT ROMNEY'S JOB RECORD

[MindMover]

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Mitt Romney's record with a private equity firm in an ad Saturday that aimed to keep his rival on the defensive just as the Republican challenger's campaign hoped to take advantage of poor economic data to gain an edge on the incumbent.

Obama met Romney's plea for an apology for the attacks with a mocking ad that charged that the firm shipped American jobs to China and Mexico, that Romney has personal wealth in investments in Switzerland, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, and that as Massachusetts governor, he sent state jobs to India.

"Mitt Romney's not the solution. He's the problem," the ads says as Romney is heard singing "America the Beautiful."

Pressure was building on Romney from within his own party to be more forthcoming with his finances, a day after he declared he would not release past income tax returns beyond his 2010 tax records and, before the November election, his 2011 taxes

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bain-far-fading-obama-keeps-after-romney

[lunatica]

1. I feel like dancing!

[ode2joi]

4. this is what it feels like to sing

they shoot horses, don't they mittens.....

[NYC Liberal]

2. And Romney is taking a week off.

The candidate, taking a weekend off from public events, spent the morning at his lake house, working on his iPad on the lawn while his grandchildren played nearby. His last public event was Wednesday and he didn't plan other public campaign appearances until Tuesday.

Romney is running a laughably bad campaign.

[graywarrior]

3. Either he knows he can't win or he knows the election is gonna be bought and/or stolen