Weary of the criticism that he didn’t have a detailed plan that he would execute if re-elected, President Obama earlier this week literally invented one — a brochure mailed out to voters in swing states that POTUS pulled out halfway through his speech in Ybor City’s Centennial Park early Thursday morning.
“I want you to share those plans with your friends and neighbors and co-workers,” Obama announced. “There are still some people who are trying to make up their minds. There might even be some here trying to make up their minds … so I will ask you to compare my plans to Governor Romney’s plans.”
The president gave out the website address where voters can download the plan before going over what he intends to do: Cut oil imports in half by the year 2020, recruit 100,000 new math and science teachers, keep college tuition low, and come up with a deal with Congress to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion “in a balanced way.” That means raising taxes on the wealthy, a point of dissension with House Republicans that the president hopes will change if he’s re-elected.
This article appears in Oct 25-31, 2012.
