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In what his campaign billed as his “closing argument,” Mitt Romney
warned Americans that a second term for President Obama would have
apocalyptic consequences for the economy in part because his own party
would force a debt ceiling disaster.
“Unless we change course, we may well be looking at another recession,” Romney told a crowd in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Romney said that Obama “promised to be a post-partisan president, but
he became the most partisan” and that his bitter relations with the
House GOP could threaten the economy. As his chief example, he pointed
to a crisis created entirely by his own party’s choice — Republican
lawmakers’ ongoing threat to reject a debt ceiling increase. Economists
warn that a failure to pass such a measure would have immediate and catastrophic consequences for the recovery.
“You know that if the President is re-elected, he will still be
unable to work with the people in Congress,” Romney said. “He has
ignored them, attacked them, blamed them. The debt ceiling will come up
again, and shutdown and default will be threatened, chilling the
economy.”
Despite the apocalyptic warnings on the economy, most of the
Republican nominee’s speech focused on a more modest argument that as
president he would work with both sides to build a stronger economy. He
said that, like Obama, “I promise change, but I have a record of
achieving it.”
“I won’t spend my effort trying to pass partisan legislation that’s
unrelated to economic growth,” Romney said. “From day one, I will go to
work to help Americans get back to work.”
With four days left, Romney may need an exceptionally strong close to
overcome the president in the electoral college. The overwhelming
majority of polls show Obama with a modest but stable lead in critical
swing states, most notably Ohio, and other potentially decisive states
like Virginia and Colorado remain tossups at best.
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