New Obama Video Welcomes Romney To Florida

[ProSense]

New Obama Video Welcomes Romney To Florida

The Obama campaign released a new web video ahead of Romney’s visit to Florida, highlighting the affect of Paul Ryan’s budget plan on Florida seniors. The video features older Americans discussing the Ryan plan.

“Since Congressman Ryan decided to dodge Floridians today and won’t be sharing with them how the Romney-Ryan extreme budget ends Medicare as we know it,” a release from the Obama campaign read, “Obama for America is releasing a new online video that features seniors in Florida talking about the consequences of a Romney-Ryan ticket for Floridians that rely on the crucial program.”

It’s possible that in picking Ryan, Romney has hurt his chances of winning Florida.

Watch:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/new-obama-video-welcomes-romney-to-florida

[ProSense]

1. Awww, Mitt is

tired: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021122393

[warrior1]

2. Good ad

this is devastating for the richy rich and is distraction.

[ananda]

3. Yeah, it looks like the one way RR to hell will have problems in FL while ...

.. Ryan is campaigning in Iowa where Obama is also conducting a bus tour.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120813/DA0KEKJO0.html

While Mitt Romney continues a Florida bus tour, Ryan will meet voters at the Iowa State Fair, campaigning alone for the first time in the same state where Obama launches a bus tour of his own. Monday's events may help determine whether conservative excitement for the Wisconsin congressman - and his controversial budget plans - will overshadow Romney's own economic message.

Democrats are banking on it.

Since Romney formally named Ryan his running mate on Saturday, the Obama campaign has been attacking the Republican budget architect's plans to transform Medicare into a voucher system and re-shape the nation's tax system. That effort will continue as Obama kicks off a three-day bus tour across Iowa, making his longest visit to a single state yet as he seeks to fire up supporters who put him on the path to the presidency in 2008.

A top Obama political adviser, David Axelrod, said Monday that Romney's selection of Ryan is reminiscent of John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin four years ago. He told "CBS This Morning" he remembers the initial excitement surrounding Palin's selection, but says he doesn't believe the choice of Ryan "is going to be a plus for Mr. Romney."

Axelrod called Ryan "a genial fellow" who advocates harsh policy positions, particularly on Medicare.

[ProSense]

4. Axelrod basically

called Ryan a fraud:

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“(T)his was a guy who rubber stamped every aspect of the Bush economic policy, including not paying for two wars, a Medicare prescription plan, two big tax cuts,” Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And now he wants trillions of dollars of more budget busting tax cuts skewed to the wealthy. He really isn’t in a strong position to talk about this problem.”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/dems-try-to-discredit-ryans-deficit-cutting-clout.php

[Cha]

8. "Fraud" is the most polite

thing one can say about the sadistic hypocrite.

[gollygee]

5. I like it

I think it could have pushed the "to create a tax cut for millionaires and billionaires" harder and more than once, but still it's good. I'd love to see them hammered on the fact that "shared sacrifice" for them is sacrifice by the 99% for the benefit of the 1%. "We can't afford X" when they're really just going to funnel the money upstream.

[ProSense]

6. More Romneyhood. n/t

[ailsagirl]

7. Love the sprightly background music!!

Great ad

GOBAMA!!!

[Cha]

9. "Somebody Needs to Protect us..

and that's going to be our President"!

So true.

[Stellar]

10. ah YES!

Romney hood and his merry man Ryan.