Obama plunges into campaign
COLUMBUS, Ohio ― President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager ``rubber stamp'' for conservative Republicans in Congress who want to cut taxes for the rich.
President Obama launched his re-election campaign in the battleground states of Virginia and Ohio on Saturday, highlighting progress the US has made toward pulling itself out of an economic malaise under his leadership while blasting the presumptive nominee Mitt Romney as out of touch with the middle class.