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Statement from OFA Campaign Manager Jim Messina on Tonight’s Debate

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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 3, 2012  

Contact: Obama for America Press (312) 985-1198

 

Statement from OFA Campaign Manager Jim Messina on Tonight's Debate

 

CHICAGO – Obama for America released the following statement from Campaign Manager Jim Messina in reaction to tonight's debate:

 

"The President spoke directly to voters tonight about his vision for an economy that grows from the middle out, while Mitt Romney spent the night on the defensive, doubled down on the same bad ideas that crashed the economy, and got testy when he was pushed on specifics. Romney confirmed that he opposes a single dollar in new revenue from the wealthiest to reduce the deficit and continued to hide the details about how he'd accomplish his plans because he knows they don't add up and are bad for the middle-class. He was unable and unwilling to explain the math behind his $5 trillion tax cut favoring the wealthy, refused to say what rules he'd put in place to protect consumers after repealing Wall Street reform, and didn't offer a single idea to protect families from insurance company abuses after repealing Obamacare. Tonight the American people saw the clear contrast between where the two candidates will take the country in the next four years."

 

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