Obama starts campaign with Romney bashing
7 May 2012 4:05 AM GMT
Pledging to take the economy forward, President Barack Obama launched his re-election bid with back-to-back rallies in key swing states of Ohio and Virginia, where he attacked Mitt Romney for learning ‘wrong lessons’ from his experiences as a top business executive.
Addressing the impressive rallies in both Columbus in Ohio and Richmond in Virginia on Saturday, Obama said ‘his agenda of change, though it has accomplished a lot, is yet to reach its destination and thus he needs another chance.’
Hitting hard at Romney, his presumptive Republican rival, Obama said Americans cannot afford to give him a chance, alleging that Republicans’ agenda was on steroids.
‘Not now. Not with so much at stake. This isn’t just another election. This is a make-or-break moment for America’s middle class. We have been through much to turn back now. We have come too far to abandon the change we fought for these past few years,’ Obama said.
The President, who was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, at both the rallies, claimed that Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, stands for trickle-down economics and would ‘rubber-stamp’ the economic proposals of the Republicans in Congress.
Romney, a successful investor and business executive, has drawn ‘the wrong lesson from those experiences,’ Obama said.
In Richmond, the President said, ‘Virginia, we have got to move forward, to the future that we imagined in 2008. We have got to move forward to that future where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. That’s the choice in this election. And that’s why I am running for a second term as President of the United States of America,’ Obama said while repeating his new ‘Forward’ slogan.
At these rallies, Obama received massive support with members from the audience shouting ‘Four More Years’.
Obama said because of the steps taken by his administration since he came to power three years ago, economy was on track.
INDIANS WANT BARACK BACK
Indian-Americans are the group that is more satisfied with the job Obama is doing - 63 per cent say he is doing an excellent or good job, compared to 49 per cent of Asian-Americans overall, survey results showed.
In terms of the Presidential ballot, Obama is strongest among Indian-American voters, leading Romney 76 to eight per cent.
They are loyal to Obama - two-thirds (67 per cent) reported voting for him in 2008, and only seven per cent said they voted for John McCain. According to the survey, 80 per cent of Indian-Americans have favourable views of the Democratic Party (42 per cent very favorable) - compared to 65 per cent of Asian-Americans overall who have favorable views, 26 per cent very favorable. Indians again are more negative towards the Republican Party, with two-thirds (67 per cent) having unfavourable views of the Republican party.
Indians are the most heavily Democratic Asian group: 65 per cent identify with the Democratic party, 20 per cent with Independents, and only 9 per cent with Republicans - Asian- Americans overall are more Democratic, but with a smaller margin: 53 per cent identify with Democrats, 21 percent as independents, and 16 percent as Republicans, it says.
Only pluralities, not majorities, of Filipinos, Koreans, and Vietnamese identify as Democrats. Â
Addressing the impressive rallies in both Columbus in Ohio and Richmond in Virginia on Saturday, Obama said ‘his agenda of change, though it has accomplished a lot, is yet to reach its destination and thus he needs another chance.’
Hitting hard at Romney, his presumptive Republican rival, Obama said Americans cannot afford to give him a chance, alleging that Republicans’ agenda was on steroids.
‘Not now. Not with so much at stake. This isn’t just another election. This is a make-or-break moment for America’s middle class. We have been through much to turn back now. We have come too far to abandon the change we fought for these past few years,’ Obama said.
The President, who was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, at both the rallies, claimed that Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, stands for trickle-down economics and would ‘rubber-stamp’ the economic proposals of the Republicans in Congress.
Romney, a successful investor and business executive, has drawn ‘the wrong lesson from those experiences,’ Obama said.
In Richmond, the President said, ‘Virginia, we have got to move forward, to the future that we imagined in 2008. We have got to move forward to that future where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. That’s the choice in this election. And that’s why I am running for a second term as President of the United States of America,’ Obama said while repeating his new ‘Forward’ slogan.
At these rallies, Obama received massive support with members from the audience shouting ‘Four More Years’.
Obama said because of the steps taken by his administration since he came to power three years ago, economy was on track.
INDIANS WANT BARACK BACK
Indian-Americans are the group that is more satisfied with the job Obama is doing - 63 per cent say he is doing an excellent or good job, compared to 49 per cent of Asian-Americans overall, survey results showed.
In terms of the Presidential ballot, Obama is strongest among Indian-American voters, leading Romney 76 to eight per cent.
They are loyal to Obama - two-thirds (67 per cent) reported voting for him in 2008, and only seven per cent said they voted for John McCain. According to the survey, 80 per cent of Indian-Americans have favourable views of the Democratic Party (42 per cent very favorable) - compared to 65 per cent of Asian-Americans overall who have favorable views, 26 per cent very favorable. Indians again are more negative towards the Republican Party, with two-thirds (67 per cent) having unfavourable views of the Republican party.
Indians are the most heavily Democratic Asian group: 65 per cent identify with the Democratic party, 20 per cent with Independents, and only 9 per cent with Republicans - Asian- Americans overall are more Democratic, but with a smaller margin: 53 per cent identify with Democrats, 21 percent as independents, and 16 percent as Republicans, it says.
Only pluralities, not majorities, of Filipinos, Koreans, and Vietnamese identify as Democrats. Â
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