Thursday, May 23, 2013
By DAVID ESPO and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left, addresses President Barack Obama Tuesday during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
The Associated Press
Romney rehearsed in Massachusetts and again after arriving on Long Island on debate day, with less to make up for.
Asked Tuesday night by one member of the audience how he would differ from former President George W. Bush, the last Republican to hold the office, Romney said, "We are different people and these are different times."
He said he would attempt to balance the budget, something Bush was unsuccessful in doing, get tougher on China and work more aggressively to expand trade.
Obama jumped in with his own predictions -- not nearly as favorable to the man a few feet away on stage. He said the former president didn't attempt to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood or turn Medicare into a voucher system.
Though the questions were from undecided voters inside the hall -- in a deeply Democratic state -- the audience that mattered most watched on television and was counted in the tens of millions. Crucially important: viewers in the nine battlegrounds where the race is likely to be settled.
The final debate, next Monday in Florida, will be devoted to foreign policy.
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