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    Romney, Obama back and forth over economy

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Campaign trail today was about offense defense then a short phrase that -- will global rate into November.

Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron -- the back and -- With his campaign focused almost entirely on the anemic economy.

Mitt Romney railed against the president's assertion that the private sector is doing fine.

As proof that mr.

Obama is doing the nation to a European style socialist economy of big government more debt.

For the presidency of the United States to stand up and say that private sector is doing fine.

Is gonna go -- history.

Is an extraordinary miscalculation a misunderstanding.

By a president who's out of touch and we're gonna take back this country and get America working again.

And.

-- Democrats now in the awkward position of defending the president's remarks when economists say the recovery is the weakest since the Great Depression.

The Obama campaign reminded voters that -- it was portrayed as an out of touch wealthy elitist himself.

By fellow Republicans during the GOP primaries.

And Obama campaign official tweeted quote.

Being called out of touch by a candidate who joked about being unemployed and said he likes to fire people is rich.

Romney's -- on offense for weeks while the president's -- a stream of sour economic news.

But the president's attacks on Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts have taken -- hole and Romney is playing a bit of defense himself with his latest TV -- As governor of Massachusetts.

Mitt Romney had the best jobs record and a decade.

Romney reduced unemployment just four point 7%.

The president would love to have those kind of numbers nationally and intensified pressure on congress to pass his job stimulus package which members of both parties rejected last year in light of the headwinds that we're facing right now I urge them to reconsider.

With a remarkable timing the Republican Party hours before the president uttered those words had already mocked him for over using the cliche in defense of his economic policies.

We're facing some tough -- obviously were experiencing some parents -- economies experience.

It's tough -- watched the closing stinger reads after four years of flaming head -- maybe it's time for Obama to look in the mirror and roundly denounced the president for again proposing more government spending as a solution.

Did he not get the message -- Wisconsin the American people dead.

-- -- -- -- -- And the GOP is now pushing a -- attack that -- lousy economic headlines with the president saying the private sector is doing fine.

It's on the left of your screen and deliberately copied from a 2008 Obama attack -- screen right blasting John McCain for saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

Democrats never let McCain forget that of course he lost the election Republicans now say it is mr.

Obama's press.

Good old politics their -- turnabout thanks so much -- argument.

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