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Obama swings back at Romney, talks deficit reduction
April 04, 2012
(MoneyWatch) In a meeting with CBS MoneyWatch.com and writers from other financial websites in Washington Wednesday, President Obama made the case for his economic agenda, expanded on his ideas for lowering the deficit, and swung back at Mitt Romney's suggestion that the president was "out of touch."

After his primary night sweep Tuesday, Romney said years of flying around on Air Force One had caused the president to lose touch. In response, Obama harkened back to his pre-Washington days. The president said that he and Michelle were still paying off student loans nine years after he graduated, and recalled "scraping
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