Mitt Romney today promised he was the real candidate of change and hit out at Obama claiming it can't be measured by 'speeches, but by achievements'.
In what his campaign framed as his ‘closing argument’, the former Massachusetts governor asked supporters in West Allis, Wisconsin, the usually Democratic state that he is making a late play for, to imagine a new dawn next Wednesday, the day after election day.
Romney, who trails in the polls by an average of five points in Wisconsin and two points in crucial Ohio, urged voters to look beyond attack ads and speeches.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to an overflow crowd during a campaign rally at the Wisconsin Products Pavilion at State Fair Park today Rasmussen, which has given Romney a small but consistent lead, found that Obama had drawn level by Thursday night on 48 per cent
‘Look to the record, the accomplishments and failures, and the judgment,’ he said. ‘Words are cheap. A record is real and earned with effort. Change cannot be measured in speeches; it is measured in achievements.’
Romney has been engaged in recent days in a tussle with Obama over who is the candidate of change – the slogan Obama famously cloaked himself in four years ago.
The republican nominee said: ‘The question of this election comes down to this: do you want more of the same or do you want real change? President Obama promised change, but he could not deliver it. I promise change, and I have a record of achieving it.
Romney greets supporters during a campaign rally at the Wisconsin Products Pavilion at State Fair Park. With less than one week to go before election day, Mitt Romney is campaigning in Wisconsin and Ohio Romney trails in the polls by an average of five points in Wisconsin and two points in crucial Ohio Romney pictured in WisconsinRomney has promised voters 'real change'
‘I built a business, and turned around another. I helped put an Olympics back on track.
And with a Democratic legislature, I helped turn my state from deficit to surplus, from job losses to job growth, and from higher taxes to higher take-home pay.
‘This is why I am running for president. I know how to change the course the nation is on, how to get us to a balanced budget and how to build jobs and rising take-home pay. Accomplishing real change is not something I just talk about - it is something I have done. And it is what will do when I am President of the United States.
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