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Romney on the offensive over taxes

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Good evening I'm Bret -- Republicans are trying to turn the tables on President Obama over the flow of American money and jobs overseas.

And the flow of tax money from your pocket to the treasury.

Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron begins our coverage tonight with a look at how the challenger is going on the offensive.

Governor Mitt Romney in the battleground state of Colorado with a 119 days before the election.

Mitt Romney use his first town hall style meeting since may -- blasts the president.

For proposing an extension of the bush era income tax cuts for individuals earning up to 200000 dollars a year and families earning up to 250000.

Per job.

Creators and small businesses he announced a massive tax increase.

He ridiculed mr.

Obama as a liberal reactionary whose response to last week's dismal jobs report.

It was to propose tax hikes this week that could kill the anemic recovery the very idea.

Of raising taxes on small business.

And job creators at the very time we need more jobs is this sort of thing -- only an extreme liberal could come up with.

Romney spoke at a high school where the president visited three years ago Colorado has 9% unemployment nearly a point higher than the eight point 2% national rate.

In Iowa today mr.

Obama ignored -- call for tax cuts for every war.

-- again accuse the right of favoring only the rich.

They want more tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans on top of big -- bush tax cut there wanna give -- five trillion dollars more tax cuts.

Biden is a big part of what this election's about the -- -- attempts to brand -- rich out of touch corporate raider for is investment days at Bain Capital.

Have been.

The latest ABC news poll confirms the -- going even split.

23% call -- a major reason to support Romney 24 caller cause to oppose -- 50% say it's not a factor.

Ever the emotional -- -- vice president Joseph Biden at the national council of the -- -- Accused Romney in the GOP of civil rights and immigration policies he called antithetical to America he warned Latinos of a dire future.

If they let Romney win.

-- -- -- -- -- -- And this race.

They will not be B drives.

We didn't know.

What the world -- lookalike.

For our six.

And eight years -- now.

The consequences.

Will not just -- today.

They'll be long term.

Romney draws about thirty to 35% of the Latino vote in national polls and hopes to get that up to about 40% by Election Day.

Tomorrow mr.

Romney will address the NAACP convention in Houston.

Mr.

Obama's approval rating -- black voters right now is hovering somewhere between ninety and 95% for a antithetical to America tough tough stuff from the vice president we're immigration Latino voters are Karl thank you well --