Obama Says Romney’s Bain Record Part of Election Debate
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President Barack Obama cast his race against Republican Mitt Romney as a contest against a private-equity executive whose goal was maximizing profits, while the president’s job is to “figure out how everybody in the country has a fair shot.”
Obama aimed at the heart of Romney’s campaign argument, saying there is a gulf between the skills and priorities needed in private enterprise and those in governing.