Obama ad: 'Stick with this guy'
Addressing a primary issue -- jobs -- President Obama's campaign has a new ad in which business people say that things are getting better.
"When you look at the president's plan I don't think there can be any question that we're on the right course for today's economy," says one supporter.
Says another: "Stick with this guy -- he will move us forward."
In releasing the ad, the Obama campaign cited statistics that include: "Businesses have added 5.2 million new private-sector jobs over the past 31 straight months of private-sector job growth. ... The unemployment rate is at its lowest level since January 2009."
Republican Mitt Romney and aides recite different statistics, including an unemployment rate of 7.8% and a national debt that now exceeds $16 trillion.
Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said of the Obama ad:
"President Obama's policies have made it harder for our economy to recover and have devastated the middle class.
"This election will be a clear choice between two different visions for our country. With President Obama, we'll have four more years like the last four. With Mitt Romney, we'll have pro-growth policies that deliver a real recovery, create millions of good-paying jobs, and bring relief to the middle class."