‘Change’ still the war cry in US politics
5 Nov 2012 6:05 AM IST
Four years after it catapulted Barack Obama to victory, 'change' is once again the war cry in US politics, as the President and his challenger Mitt Romney both revisit the theme in their final appeals to undecided American voters.
Locked in a statistical dead heat, the two candidates have set about on a packed schedule of rallies through a host of battleground states that can swing the tight race on election day.
Interestingly, both of them are trying to present themselves as the real harbinger of ‘change’, the much promising election slogan of 2008.
Ahead of the last weekend before the November 6 polls, Romney described himself as the candidate of ‘real change’, while Obama dismissed the claim, even finding it laughable.
‘Candidate Obama promised change, but he couldn't deliver it,’ Romney said on a campaign trail in Wisconsin, before heading to Ohio.
To which Obama retorted in Ohio by saying: ‘We know what change looks like, and what the governor's offering ain't it’.
At three rallies in Ohio, one of the most crucial swing states, Obama briefly referred to the latest job report figures when he said ‘we learned companies hired more workers in October than at any time in the last eight months.’
‘We have made real progress,’ Obama said, adding that ‘we are here on Sunday because we know we've got more work to do.’
Obama, who rode to an overwhelming victory four years back on his promise of bringing about a break from the politics of the Bush administration, campaigns now with the slogan 'Forward'.
His campaign has also sought to bring to remind Americans of Bill Clinton's time when the economy was good and sentiment was high.
While Obama's plea focuses on the contention that his job to bring about change is still half done, Romney is trying to portray himself as the true agent of change.
‘We want to bring the real change to America,’ Romney said in Iowa, as he sprinted across on a campaign trail that also took him to New Hampshire, and Colorado.
Locked in a statistical dead heat, the two candidates have set about on a packed schedule of rallies through a host of battleground states that can swing the tight race on election day.
Interestingly, both of them are trying to present themselves as the real harbinger of ‘change’, the much promising election slogan of 2008.
Ahead of the last weekend before the November 6 polls, Romney described himself as the candidate of ‘real change’, while Obama dismissed the claim, even finding it laughable.
‘Candidate Obama promised change, but he couldn't deliver it,’ Romney said on a campaign trail in Wisconsin, before heading to Ohio.
To which Obama retorted in Ohio by saying: ‘We know what change looks like, and what the governor's offering ain't it’.
At three rallies in Ohio, one of the most crucial swing states, Obama briefly referred to the latest job report figures when he said ‘we learned companies hired more workers in October than at any time in the last eight months.’
‘We have made real progress,’ Obama said, adding that ‘we are here on Sunday because we know we've got more work to do.’
Obama, who rode to an overwhelming victory four years back on his promise of bringing about a break from the politics of the Bush administration, campaigns now with the slogan 'Forward'.
His campaign has also sought to bring to remind Americans of Bill Clinton's time when the economy was good and sentiment was high.
While Obama's plea focuses on the contention that his job to bring about change is still half done, Romney is trying to portray himself as the true agent of change.
‘We want to bring the real change to America,’ Romney said in Iowa, as he sprinted across on a campaign trail that also took him to New Hampshire, and Colorado.
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