To: TideGlider who wrote (136828 ) 7/5/2012 10:06:08 AM From: tonto 3 Recommendations Respond to of 224861 Obama once again not discussing his own poor record, he has resorted to mudslinging as his strategy. It is understandable that he cannot campaign on the economy, jobs...so he has little choice. Obama to Hammer Romney’s Bain Record on Campaign Bus Trip By Kate Andersen Brower - Jul 4, 2012 11:01 PM CT President Barack Obama hops on a bus in Ohio today to start a two-day campaign tour labeled “Betting on America” to draw a contrast with Republican Mitt Romney , a former private-equity executive who invested overseas. Polls show that linking Romney to the outsourcing of U.S. jobs when he was at Boston-based Bain Capital LLC, which he co- founded, is an effective approach with voters in the swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania , where Obama will end the trip. Enlarge image Since filing for re-election in April 2011, President Barack Obama has visited Ohio nine times and Pennsylvania eight times. Photographer: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images “If the election’s about Romney and Bain, then the president’s going to win,” said Stu Rothenberg, editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report in Washington . “For Romney, it has to be about Obama: Obama and jobs, Obama and leadership, Obama and the economy, and Obama and health-care.” The president may be shadowed on his trip by new data showing weakness in the U.S. economic recovery. The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report , set for release tomorrow, is likely to show the U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 8.2 percent, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. In May, the jobless rate rose from 8.1 percent in April.