i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first it s today s new round of attack in the presidential race campaign and the much winning battleground state of ohio this afternoon. president obama slammed the tax proposals, warninging they ll send thousands of u.s. jobs overs overs overseas. > the romney campaign is accusing them of another dishonest attack. why did the president level this new corporate tax attack on romney in ohio? reporter: well, wolf, the president is trying to draw sharp contrast between his campaign and romney s campaign, trying to suggest romney is looking out for the people at the the very top. specifically in ohio the people are making the argument that romney supports are eliminating tax. this will lead to job creations overseas. and that will come at the expense of jobs in ohio. we have not found any serious economic studies that the economic plan would actually create jobs until today. i ve got to be honest. today we found out there
the nachos you love in a burrito. the story of the week. somebody goes to the restaurant, orders a big steak dinner, martini all that stuff, and then just as you re sitting down, they leave. president obama accused republicans this week of dining and dashing on the country. and accuse you of running up the tab! mitt romney was slightly less met forcle in his rebuttal. the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. on thursday, romney and the president had a little this state ain t big enough for the two of us speech duel in ohio. he s going to say give me four more years, even though i didn t get it done in the first three and a half. the economic vision of mr. romney and his allies in congress was tested a few years ago. why would we think they would work better this time? vice president joe biden meanwhile was back in washington holding down the fort, fighting off young children with a full
Pre-but what the president is going to say today, saying his words don t match his record. his rhetoric will be soaring and elegant, but i suggest a look at the record more than the words. and i think you know what his record shows. it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. ah, rhetoric. for his part, obama continues to connect romney to former president george w. bush. when i hear governor romney say his 25 years in the private sector gives him a special understanding of how the economy works, my question is, why are you running with the same bad ideas that brought our economy to the brink of disaster? as you can see, subtlety. we re not going to see it anymore, i think, for this campaign. and in the five years since the president has become a fixture on the national stage, he has followed this script, when the going gets tough, he gives a big
Back at home, president obama and mitt romney prepare for dueling speeches in ohio today, the first time they ve campaigned in the same state on the same day. 250 miles will separate the two. the candidates will lay out differences between their economic plans. flanked by about 100 top executives at the business round table quarterly, mitt romney told the crowd yesterday that the president mass not acted in the interest of the free market. if you look at his record over the last three and a half years, you will include it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. he is not responsible for whatever improvement we might be seeing, instead he s responsible for the fact that it s taken so long to see this recovery and the recovery is so tepid. my own view is that he will speak eloquently, but that words are cheap. and that the record of an individual is the basis upon which you determine whether they
Conclude, as i have, that it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. he is not responsible for whatever improvement we might be seeing. instead, he s responsible for the fact that it s taken so long to see this recovery and the recovery so tepid. my own view is that he will speak eloquently, but that words are cheap. and that the record of an individual is the basis upon which you determine whether they should continue to hold on to their job. donny deutsch, you wear two hats here, one morning news analyst pundit. pundit. and two where you are disco inferno hat. funny nozzles you drink beer and snort coke out of. not anymore. that was early 2000. but no, as you re, obviously,