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First Thoughts: Obama tries to re-fram the election

Two lessons learned from Obama’s official campaign kickoff … “Go” hard or go home … Romney pushes middle-class message … It’s still the economy, stupide and blakas – what Europe’s election taught us: danger for Obama and Re …

First Thoughts: Obama tries to re-frame the election

Two lessons learned from Obama’s official campaign kickoff … “Go” hard or go home … Romney pushes middle-class message … It’s still the economy, stupide and blakas – what Europe’s election taught us: danger for Obama and Re …

AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent as reckless.