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Romney camp hones message ahead of debate

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    GOP nominee's strategy for fending off criticism

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Q the one thing you can just about guarantee to -- Wednesday night here.

Is a reference to Mitt Romney's comment on that videotape about the now infamous 47%.

Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron has that story and the rest of the debate prep.

From here in Denver.

A day before facing off what President Obama in Denver.

Mitt Romney -- staff meetings and stepped out for some Mexican fast food -- Ohio senator Rob Portman.

The man playing the president did Romney's mock debate rehearsals governor Romney's wife and hit the trail in his -- we're -- just.

And I can't wait for the contrast is going to be that we're gonna hear tomorrow.

Campaigning in Iowa running mate Paul Ryan was asked about -- -- surreptitiously video suggesting that the 47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes.

Think government owes them a hand out -- -- -- -- job.

So they can get a good paychecks and then they're get taxpayers.

We don't launched a stagnant economy that -- dependency.

We've added fifteen million people to the food stamp rolls in the last four years.

In large measure because there's no opportunity there's no economic growth.

-- -- debate Romney is sure to be asked about what's now shorthanded as his 47% remarks he previewed his explanation to Denver's fox affiliate.

I'm a president for a 100% of the American people and that's the real percent people care about not 99 vs one.

Not 47 vs anyone else I'll be a president for a 100% of the people have demonstrated that -- of my life.

Within hours of the vice president's remark today about the state of the middle class of the last four years.

Ryan at a later Iowa event took him to task.

Vice President Biden just today.

The sense that the middle class over the last four years it's been -- -- you.

We agree they're being very high regulations are being -- -- -- -- being recchi buried by borrowing and they're being very.

By the Obama administration's economic failures.

-- rallied a crowd of more than 5000 upon arrival in Denver last night and immediately showed a bit of his planned debate criticism of the president's record.

We know -- the president's pathway leads because we're honest.

We've seen it for four years.

One at a six Americans now on poverty.

23 million Americans looking for a job.

And to further amplify criticism like that at the debate tomorrow night.

The Romney campaign believes they got a big gift today from none other than the vice president Joseph Biden when he said that the middle class has been buried over the last four years.

Four years obviously when president Obama's been in charge brought.

All right Carl just down the road here in Denver thank you -- Some good news Chrysler.