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Romney aides pleased with reaction to deceptive anti-Obama ad

By Matt Viser

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 23, 2011

Mitt Romney’s advisers are pleased with the reaction to their first TV ad of his campaign, saying they are successfully engaging with the person they view as their chief rival -- President Obama -- by including an intentionally deceptive quote from him in their ad. Romney’s 60-second ad shows a video clip of Obama saying, “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” What the ad fails to mention is that the clip is from Obama in 2008 quoting from an aide of his GOP rival, John McCain.

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