Obama Attacks GOP Over Lack Of Economic Vision
(The Grio) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday lashed out at Republicans as out of touch with the daily problems of Americans, hoping to sharpen the contrast with the opposition party as midterm elections loom and economic anxiety still runs high. Speaking to a town hall in his latest getaway from Washington, Obama reveled in what the Democratic Party sees as two recent political gaffes by Republicans — one House lawmaker’s apology to BP oil and another’s characterization of the nation’s financial collapse as an “ant.”