Obama, Romney target middle-class voters with ads

May 09, 2012 00:38

President Barack Obama pressed a deadlocked Congress today to take action on an election year "to do" list of economic proposals to promote job creation and help families refinance their mortgages.

The list is Obama's latest attempt to portray congressional Republicans as obstructing his economic agenda at a time when millions of Americans are out of work. Obama has sought to tie Mitt Romney to party leaders in Congress, arguing that the likely Republican presidential nominee would simply rubber-stamp their policies.

Romney, meanwhile, was expected to further cement his hold on the Republican nomination in three state primaries today. The votes in Indiana, West Virginia and North Carolina will add to his delegate count that is still nearly 300 short of the 1,144 needed to seal the nomination at the Republican National Convention in August.

Romney's one-time chief rival, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, whose departure from the race last month confirmed that Romney had the nomination all but in hand, endorsed the former Massachusetts governor yesterday in a late-night email to supporters.

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