Obama bounced into announcing visit to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana after Romneyshows him up with surprise visit
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PUBLISHED: 10:21 EST, 31 August 2012 | UPDATED: 16:33 EST, 31 August 2012
President Barack Obama was today forced to announce he will fly to storm-hit Louisiana on Monday – hours after Mitt Romney beat him to the punch by deciding to head there this afternoon.
After it emerged that Obama was still taking time to fit in a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio, before checking out how clean-up operations are proceeding in the Bayou state, the Obama campaign abruptly cancelled that event, though he will still hold a rally in Toledo, Ohio before heading south.
But the Republican presidential candidate touched down in the Hurricane ravaged state this afternoon - a full three days before Obama - touring the flooded areas around Lafitte and showing his support for local residents.
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Clean-up: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, pictured, was in Lafitte, Louisiana, this afternoon talking to locals after Hurricane Isaac
Romney had changed his schedule to head to the affected town outside New Orleans while Obama, who has yet to visit the Tropical Storm Isaac zone, headed off to Texas to campaign.
But the Obama campaign said today, in a terse statement, that the President would now visit the flood-stricken state early next week.
'In light of the President’s travel to Louisiana to meet with local officials and view ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, President Obama will no longer travel to Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, September 3,' the statement read.
Seven years ago, President George W. Bush was lambasted for inaction and incompetence in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and much of the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coast.
Beat Obama: Romney, left, and wife Ann, centre, talked with Governor Bobby Jindal, right, during a tour of the flooding
Relief effort: Romney, pictured in LaFittee, centre, has been at the RNC in Tampa, Florida
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