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Obama, Romney give dueling visions on economy

Both speak moments apart in Ohio

By Callum Borchers and Brian MacQuarrie

 |  Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff  

  June 15, 2012

President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney sparred in back-to-back speeches in the crucial swing state of Ohio Thursday, throwing hard punches in the escalating fight over which candidate has a better economic plan. The rhetorical boxing match was at once about one thing and everything. Poll after poll shows the economy is the number-one issue for voters across the country. “This election is about our economic future,’’ Obama said in Cleveland.

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