Obama was meanwhile on the road in the key swing state of Ohio, mocking Romney’s tough anti-China rhetoric, then jabbing Beijing himself by announcing a new trade case targeting Beijing’s auto industry subsidies.
The president professed to “walk the walk” in making China play by global trade rules while implying Romney preferred to “talk the talk.”
He again accused his rival of being a pioneer during his business career of advising US corporations to outsource jobs to low wage economies abroad.
Romney dismissed Obama’s action as “too little, too late” but spent the day tending to his own political weaknesses.
He also tried to narrow his deficit to Obama among Hispanic voters, who are important in battleground states like Nevada and Colorado, where polls show the president with a narrow lead.
He told the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles that Obama had promised a world of “limitless hope” but had instead delivered misery.
“No one is exempt from the pain of this economy, of course, but the Hispanic community has been particularly hard-hit,” Romney said, and also pledged to push for comprehensive immigration reform, a key issue for Hispanic voters.
In a poll by the Latino decisions polling group after the Democratic National Convention two weeks ago, Obama led Romney among Hispanic voters by 66 to 29 percent.
Obama leads most recent polls in battleground states, by small but clear margins. The president’s convention “polling” bounce seems to be ebbing however. Obama was up by just three points in Gallup’s latest daily tracking survey.
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