Romney and Ryan talk economy in Ohio
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Romney and Ryan talk economy in Ohio: MittRomney was back on message during a campaign rally in Ohio Saturday ..
By Jackie Kucinich, USA TODAY
Updated 25m ago
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His remarks were particularly tailored to women voters, a group with which the presumptive Republican nominee has lagged behind President Obama in national polls.
"I want to speak to the women of America, who have dreams, who begin businesses in their homes, who begin businesses out in the marketplace, who are working in various enterprises and companies," Romney said. "I want you to be successful."
Romney has spent the last week denouncing the comments of Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, the Republican nominee in a key Senate race, who said in an interview that a woman rarely becomes pregnant in cases of "legitimate rape."
The Ohio rally was the first appearance Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan have made together in the key swing state since the Wisconsin congressman was selected as his vice presidential pick earlier this month. It comes just days before the two will head to Tampa for the Republican convention.
With his own convention speech looming, Romney predicted what Obama might say during his remarks at the Democratic convention next month.
"I can almost read his speech now, he's going to have all sorts of marvelous things to say," he said. "It'll be filled with promises and tell people how wonderful things are. … It is not his words people have to listen to. It's his action and his record."
Romney avoided repeating comments he made during an appearance in Michigan on Friday, where he joked about how he and his wife had been born in Michigan and that no one had ever asked to see their birth certificates.
The comments drew an immediate rebuke from the Obama campaign. Romney later said the comments were made in jest.
Lorie Shockley,47, a nurse from Delaware, Ohio, said she was impressed by Romney's comments and said his honest and genuine message appeals to independent voters like herself.
"I don't think he's into that, I think it was a joke," she said of the birth certificate comment. "I think he's very much about the economy."
