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oooooh well what have we here, ....
Trying to recover, Romney says he's poor Americans' best bet
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-usa-campaign-idUSBRE88G19620120919
Mitt Romney said on Wednesday he would do a better job of helping the poor than President Barack Obama as the Republican candidate tried to recover from his disparaging remarks about the half of the country that gets government benefits.
Romney has sought to make the November 6 election a referendum on Obama's economic stewardship, but the spotlight over the past week has been fixed firmly on his own missteps. A secretly recorded video that surfaced on Monday showed him writing off supporters of Obama as welfare recipients with no sense of personal responsibility.
Some 43 percent of registered voters thought less of Romney after seeing the video, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, while a mostly Republican 26 percent viewed him more favorably. Independent voters were more likely to say the video lowered their opinion of Romney.
Romney hopes to recover by framing the presidential election as a choice between big government and economic growth. At an Atlanta fundraiser, Romney said he wanted to spur job creation by encouraging private enterprise.
"The question in this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. I do, he does," Romney said, jabbing the podium with his index finger and his voice rising with emotion.
"The question is who can help the poor and the middle class. I can, he can't and he's proven it in four years," he said.
Romney's campaign argues that Obama has presided over a stagnant economy, forcing more Americans to rely on food stamps and other government assistance.
The video, recorded in May at a luxurious Florida home, shows Romney telling wealthy campaign donors that 47 percent of Americans would back Obama no matter what. "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives," he says.
The remarks fed into a perception that multimillionaire Romney has battled throughout the campaign: that he is insensitive to the struggles of less-wealthy Americans. They drew condemnation from Democrats and an array of Republicans, including congressional candidates and conservative columnists.
In an apparent attempt to deflect attention from the video, Republicans are pointing to a 1998 recording that surfaced this week of Obama discussing his belief in "a certain level" of wealth distribution.
"Mitt Romney and I are not running to redistribute the wealth. Mitt Romney and I are running to help Americans create wealth," Romney's vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, said at a campaign event in Danville, Virginia.
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And yet, there are still no clues as to his actual plans... apart from cut spending and lowering taxes for the wealthy and raising them on the poor?
Just attack on the ""redistribution" furor that lasted less time than joes plumbing days
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RE: Romney.... product of welfare state - 
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