Politics
Election 2012: Obama numbers rising – boosted by latest housing reports
Responding for the president, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Romney’s efforts to push the 14-year-old video were the work of a candidate having “a very bad day or a very bad week.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took up the cause in highly personal terms.
“So who are those Americans Mitt Romney disdains as ‘victims’ and ‘those people?’” the Nevada Democrat said in a speech on the Senate floor. “They’re not avoiding their tax bills, using Cayman Island tax shelters or Swiss bank accounts like Mitt Romney.”
Romney’s campaign released two television ads accusing the Obama administration of conducting a “war on coal.” Aides said they were triggered by an announcement on Tuesday by Alpha Natural Resources that it will close mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania and eliminate 1,200 jobs.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
