Team Obama promises negative campaign

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Confronted with a poll showing far more voters trust Mitt Romney on economic issues than those who trust President Obama, Obama’s campaign spokesman explained they plan to fix that by attacking Romney.

“No significant education has been done about Governor Romney’s economic record yet,” campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said Friday when asked how Obama plans to overcome Romney’s 40-36 lead among voters on economic issues. “And when people find out that he made a series of promises in Massachusetts that he didn’t fulfill . . . he didn’t fulfill them in Massachusetts.”

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