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More about the Sequester – and it’s not good

 Averting the Sequester Unless Congress acts, over the next few weeks our economy will be hit with harmful automatic cuts that threaten hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs.  These cuts will slash vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and health care for our troops and military families. Everything the President does … Continue reading »

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Happy Thanksgiving – and please share this online, but not at the dinner table……..

Right now, President Obama is working with leaders of both parties in Washington to reduce the deficit in a balanced way so we can lay the foundation for long-term middle-class job growth and prevent your taxes from going up. Your voice and action helped re-elect President Obama, and hundreds of thousands of you have already … Continue reading »

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The President’s closing argument : FIGHTING FOR A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS

  In President Obama’s final campaign, he’s fighting for the same things he’s always believed in and fought for: that this country cannot succeed without a growing, thriving middle class.  The President is fighting to reclaim the middle-class security that had been undercut by the failed policies of the previous decade – the same policies Mitt Romney … Continue reading »

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SECOND-TERM PLAN: President Obama’s Specific and Achievable Plan for A New Economic Patriotism Will Help Create Jobs and Restore Middle-Class Security

When Mitt and Morning Joe tell you the President has no plan they are wrong – read the plan at  barackobama.com/plans  The President’s concrete and specific second-term plan will help create jobs, develop American energy, train the best workforce in the world, reduce the deficit in a balanced way and do some nation-building here at home. … Continue reading »

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Tonights debate – what the President will say and what Mitt won’t say

President Obama will be debating today’s version of Mitt – but let’s keep in mind what he’s said before. At tonight’s debate, President Obama will talk about what we’ve accomplished over the last four years to rebuild our economy and restore middle class security, and his specific plans for the next four years to continue … Continue reading »

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THE REAL MITT ROMNEY: He is cynically and dishonestly trying to hide his positions by telling voters the exact opposite of what he’s run on.

In the first Presidential Debate and in the week since, Mitt Romney has tried to convince the American people he’s someone other than the “severely conservative” candidate who has spent the past six years running for president on dangerous ideas that would hurt the middle class, women and seniors. These are not flip-flops – they … Continue reading »

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TONIGHT’S DEBATE: The President Will Keep Sharing His Specific Vision for Moving Forward; Romney Hides the Details of His Plans Since He Knows They’re Bad for the Middle Class

At tonight’s debate, President Obama will continue his conversation with the American people about his specific, concrete plans to restore middle-class security and move our country forward. Romney will keep hiding his specific details behind lies, distortions and “zingers” because he knows what voters do – that his policies are bad for the middle class. … Continue reading »

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ROMNEY’S DECEPTIVE EDITING: The Romney Campaign Edited a 14-year old Video to Falsely Attack the President and Distract from Romney’s Disastrous Week

  Romney is once again resorting to a deliberate, false and out-of-context attack on the President. Romney won’t provide even basic details about his plans for the country, so repeated false attacks are his only option to distract voters when things go bad. ·         Romney’s false “redistribution” attacks are once again taking President Obama’s statements … Continue reading »

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NEW OBAMA AD: We Are Better Off Than We Were Four Years Ago, But the Real Question Is, Whose Plan Is Better for the American People?

  We are better off than we were for years ago. We’re not there yet, so we need to be asking whose plan is better for the American people – President Obama’s plan to keep us moving forward, or Romney’s plan to take us back to the top-down policies that got us into this mess? … Continue reading »

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ROMNEY TAX HIKE: Romney Will Hike Taxes on Middle-Class Families and Small Business Owners So He Can Cut Taxes for Millionaires Like Himself; The President is Fighting for Middle-Class Security

  Obama for America is holding events in key states this week to contrast the Romney Tax Hike with President Obama’s commitment to fighting for middle-class security. While the Romney Tax Hike would force middle-class families and small business owners to pay more in taxes so millionaires like Romney can pay less, President Obama is … Continue reading »

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THE ROMNEY TAX HIKE: According to a New Nonpartisan Report, Romney’s Tax Plan Would Force a $2,000 Tax Hike on Average Middle-Class Families with Children to Pay for Tax Cuts for Millionaires and Billionaires

  According to nonpartisan tax experts, if Mitt Romney wants to pay for his budget-busting $5 trillion tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, he’ll have to raise taxes by $2,000 on the average middle-class family with children.  New Report on The Romney Tax Hike: Nonpartisan experts at the Tax Policy Center released a report today … Continue reading »