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| Romney says Obama just trying to 'hang onto power'
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-August-2012
3:10:20 AM |
| Escalating an increasingly acrimonious campaign, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney dug in Wednesday on his charge that President Barack Obama's campaign was being driven by "division and attack and hatred" and called on the president to lift the tone of political discourse.
Romney went on national television to say he thinks Obama is "running just to hang on to power, and I think he would do anything in his power" to remain in office.
Obama campaign spokesman Jennifer Psaki said Romney's comments once again seemed "unhinged." The Democratic campaign had a similar response Tuesday night when Romney first accused Obama of running a campaign of "hate."
Romney shot back: "I think unhinged would have to characterize what we've seen from the president's campaign."
"These personal attacks, I think, are just demeaning to the office of the White House," he added.
Democrats see Romney's escalating personal attacks on Obama's character as an attempt to dent Obama's favorability ratings with voters, which trump Romney's in most polls. The president's likeability factor has helped buoy his overall approval ratings despite a slow-growing economy and stubbornly high unemployment.
The latest rhetorical scuffle erupted Tuesday after Vice President Joe Biden told a largely black audience in Danville, Va., that Republicans would seek to "unchain Wall Street" and "put y'all back in chains" by loosening Wall Street regulations.
Biden later said he had meant to use the term "unshackled." But he did not apologize, and he mocked the Romney campaign for showing outrage.
In his interview Wednesday on "CBS This Morning," Romney said: "I can't speak for anybody else, but I can say that I think the comments of the vice president were one more example of a divisive effort to keep from talking about the issues."
The race for the White House has been lurching toward a more intensive stage following Romney's weekend introduction of conservative Rep.
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