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Romney jumps into general election mode

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    GOP candidate goes after Obama on economy

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Mitt Romney said this morning here on Fox News that the general election campaign started yesterday.

And he made it clear that he will spend the next seven months going straight at the president.

Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron on Romney's first line of attack.

His path clear to the GOP nomination Mitt Romney and a woman owned business in Connecticut.

Warren the President Obama for -- economic warfare on women.

This president has failed America's women.

And if -- the next president of the United States I will go to work to get American women good jobs rising incomes and growing businesses and -- Further on Fox News.

Over 92%.

Of the jobs lost under this president were lost by women.

His policies.

Have been really a war on women while Democrats dispute those numbers Romney aides say they come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Asked if -- supports the fair pay act signed by President Obama Romney staffers hesitated on a conference call today.

Then later set of course -- supports pay equity for women.

Romney needs to catch up to the president among women in the polls while simultaneously uniting GOP conservatives of both sexes.

Rick santorum's endorsement which will come eventually should help a lot with conservatives go until last week he called -- the worst possible Obama opponent -- -- out of touch rich guy.

Labels -- battles every day which the president hopes to make permanent you know he's really trying to divert from the -- of his record.

Which is that he -- not created jobs meanwhile the technically still -- going GOP race Newt Gingrich insists he's until Tampa to ensure the August convention is based on big conservative ideas.

But a strong showing in the Delaware primary in thirteen days could be an opportunity to bow out on a high note.

Either way he's backing Romney look you make such.

A better president Barack Obama that I will campaign pharmacies a nominee and our campaign from enthusiastically.

And I think you tell you I'd make a lot better president than Obama's it.

I think you'll -- it's all come together in a very powerful way but.

But the time for that will happen down the road as we spend more time together and hit the trail together -- the -- Romney's counting on the right determination to deny the president a second term.

You will see our party more united than it's been a long long time in part because.

President Obama.

Has taken America in such a different course than we have ever gone as a nation before we're becoming.

Far more like a European social welfare state.

With Santorum out of the race.

Romney says today is the beginning of the general election campaign and immediately began hammering president Obama's policies as bad for women.

For months while -- has been dealing with a Republican primaries Democrats have called him anti woman.

Today was the beginning of the counter -- with considerable catching up to -- right.

-- -- a -- in Rhode Island Carl thank you.

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