AMES, Iowa (AP) — Promising to work with "good Democrats," Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Friday for "bold changes" to help revive the economy as he began to outline a closing economic argument for voters.
Romney did not unveil specific plans in an economic address in Iowa, but heaped criticism on President Barack Obama for trying to "distract our attention from the biggest issues to the smallest — from characters on Sesame Street and silly word games to misdirected personal attacks he knows are false."
"This is not the time to double down on the trickle-down government policies that have failed us," Romney told several hundred supporters gathered outside an Ames construction company. "It is time for new, bold changes that measure up to the moment that can bring America's families the certainty that the future will be better than the past."
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