President Obama steps up portrayal of Romney, Ryan as out of touch with middle America

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President Obama left an unmistakable impression on his first campaign swing since the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as Republican Mitt Romney’s running mate: His play for the middle is getting personal.

While the airwaves hum with nasty attacks from both tickets, the president is intensifying a subtle but clear attempt to portray himself as the regular guy of this campaign — and to cast Ryan (R-Wis.) and Romney as out of step with all but the most far-right and wealthiest Americans.

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“We understand what our parents and our grandparents and our great-grandparents taught us — if you work hard, this is the country to be,” Obama said in Waterloo. “You may meet some barriers some times, there may be some hurdles, but you can’t be stopped when you decide on something. And that’s what’s at stake in this election. Do we affirm those values and pass them on to our kids and our grandkids just like we got them from our parents and our grandparents?”

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“He is an articulate spokesman for Governor Romney’s vision,” Obama said of Ryan in Dubuque. “I just happen to fundamentally disagree with his vision. My opponent and his friends in Congress, they believe that if you just get rid of more regulations on big corporations and big banks, and then you give more tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, that that will automatically lead to jobs and prosperity for ordinary families. And I’m not exaggerating here, that’s their basic economic plan.”

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