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Voiceover: "Let me get this straight, this guy's got two degrees from Harvard but would cut education funding? Says class sizes don't matter?

C'mon, man!

In this week's address, President Obama says that Congress should act to keep our nation moving forward by keeping taxes low for 98 percent of Americans, cutting red tape so responsible homeowners can save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage by refinancing at lower rates, and creating a veterans jobs corps to help our returning heroes find work.

"We can't have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past. We need an energy strategy for the future -- an all-of-the-above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of American-made energy." - President Barack Obama, March 15, 2012

In this country, broad-based prosperity has never trickled down from the success of a wealthy few. It has always come from the success of a strong and growing middle class. That's how a generation who went to college on the G.I. Bill, including my grandfather, helped build the most prosperous economy the world has ever known.

Before the first debate on October 3rd, get the facts about Romney's business record. When Romney mentions his private-sector experience remember: it wasn't about creating jobs.

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During the last weeks of this campaign there will be debates, speeches and more ads. But if I could sit down with you in your living room or around the kitchen table here's what I'd say:

Voiceover:
"Seen these new ads, where Mitt Romney says he's a friend of coal country? This is the guy who wants to keep tax breaks for companies that ship American jobs overseas. The same guy who had a Swiss bank account...and millions in tax havens like Bermuda and the Caymans. And on coal?"

"Well, here's what he said as Governor, outside a coal fired power plant."

Romney:
"...I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people...and that plant, that plant kills people..."

President Obama describes how the House of Representatives left town without finishing important work that would create jobs and strengthen our economy.

They're not leaving with American products ... they're leaving with our jobs, and bringing back foreign products.

If Mitt Romney wins, the middle class loses.