Face to face: Obama, Romney in crackling debate
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Posted: 10/17/2012
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - An aggressive President Barack Obama ripped into Mitt Romney's economic blueprint in a town hall style debate Tuesday night, accusing his rival of favoring only a "one-point plan" to help the rich at the expense of the middle class.
The Republican protested the charge was way off the mark.
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The truth, Romney said, is that "the middle class has been crushed over the last four years."
It was the first of repeated highly charged moments of the 90-minute debate, the second of three between the campaign rivals three weeks before Election Day in a close race for the White House.
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