| Romney Steps Up His Attacks On Obama Campaign Strategy |
| Aug-27-2012 |
| Keywords: obama, romney, anger, divisive, pool |
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is accused President Barack Obama of running a negative and divisive campaign against him, and charged that the incumbent's policies were "weakening America in very fundamental ways".
Romney said in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace that Obama's campaign managers were indulging in character assassination and were dividing Americans through their electoral campaign.
"I think this president is weakening America in very fundamental ways. And a lot of people are suffering for it now. Over the coming decade, the decisions he's making will cause a lot more people to suffer," Romney told the Fox News in an interview.
The former Massachusetts Governor will formally accept the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday in Tampa, FL.
He said he looked at the nomination and his electoral fight as an opportunity to get the US "on track again".
"If I can (win), I want to make sure that we get the country back on track," he said.
"I feel like, wow, a lot of people are counting on me. They're hoping I'll be able to win and I'll be able to get America on track again," he added.
Romney accused Obama of running a campaign of "anger and divisiveness", that pitting one street against another, and pointed out that this campaign of "character assassination" is very different from the campaign of hope and change which he ran on originally.
"I think his whole campaign he's been about dividing the American people. It's between the haves and the have-nots, the people of one location versus another," he said.
"This is one street versus another street. That's the kind of divisiveness that I think Americans recognize and I think it's one of the reasons why his campaign, despite spending massively more than our campaign, that his campaign hasn't gained the traction that he would have expected," he said.
The latest polls show Romney and Obama are locked in a tight race. The Washington Times/JZ Analytics Poll, which also shows independents, the critical swing group, beginning to pick sides. Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney both stood at 45.7 percent support
The poll found a sizable gender gap, with Mr. Romney winning 54 percent of men and Mr. Obama winning 54 percent of women.
Just as important, however, is that Mr. Romney's lead among older voters has evaporated - though he has chipped away at Mr. Obama's lead among voters younger than 30. |
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