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Romney reacts to economic report amid campaign momentum

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Momentum has been on governor Romney's side following a strong performance in Wednesday's debate.

So what happens now here's chief political correspondent Carl Cameron.

-- -- month before Election Day and unemployment below 8% for the first time during the Obama era.

Mitt Romney called it too little too late and still too high because so many of stopped looking for work.

The truth is -- the same share of people were participating in the workforce today.

Is on the day the president got elected.

Where unemployment rate would be around 11%.

-- says his economic plan will create long term full time jobs instead of the part time work the Labor Department says helped get September's unemployment rate under 8%.

32 days before the elections I will help create twelve million new jobs and rising -- -- -- -- debate performance is a second polls.

Rasmussen Reports shows -- inching ahead in Ohio and Virginia albeit within the poll's margin of error.

The Gallup daily tracking poll nationally has the president up five point.

Please in Virginia coal country Romney met privately -- laid off miners.

And blasted the president for waging war on the coal industry and workers and what Romney says is a crucial sector of US energy independent.

I believe we should take advantage of it put American workers back to work and use a resource that's about it -- Riding high off of this week's debate -- reminded a massive rally last night with fireworks and country star Trace Adkins.

That the president promises trillion dollar stimulus would get unemployment much lower than it is.

He set right now we would be five point 4% unemployment -- pounded vice president Joseph Biden for stating the administration's goal yesterday of a trillion dollar tax hike on people earning more than 200000 dollars a year.

For families making over 250000.

People the middle class have been -- they've been very does that.

Vice president said Ronnie was not after the debate about when he first called -- -- delegate remarked that the 47% who don't pay federal income taxes expect -- government handout.

On Hannity last night he renounced it -- and overall.

That -- this just completely wrong and I absolutely believe however that my life -- shown that I care about a 100%.

They've had -- with those remarks Romney would -- the issue to rest close the door on it get it behind him.

To prevent that Democrats today were pumping out attack videos and talking points on trying to keep it very much front and center in the campaign's debate -- Carl Cameron traveling with the governor and -- Petersburg Florida Carl thank you land on your last point.