Obama and Romney trade barbs in Denver debate
October 04, 2012  08:24

US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney met in Denver for a contentious but largely unmemorable debate in which each man accused the other of lying about his plans for taxes, health care and other key domestic issues.

 

Romney went on the offensive early, hammering Obama on his economic record: "Look at the evidence of the last four years, it's absolutely extraordinary,' he said. "We've got 23 million people out of work, stopped looking for work in this country.'

 

Obama admitted mistakes, acknowledging that he "hadn't been a perfect president," but sought to characterise Romney as out-of-touch and concerned chiefly with the wealthiest Americans. 

 

"Do we double down on the top-down economic policies?" he asked. "Or embrace a new economic patriotism that says America does best when the middle class does best?"

 

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