Facing questions about his campaigning for re-election while
millions of Americans still await government relief efforts from
Superstorm Sandy, President Obama
said Saturday that one of the disaster’s positive results was “leaders
of different political parties working together to fix what’s broken.”
“It’s a spirit that says, ‘We’re all in this together,’ ” Mr. Obama told about 4,000 supporters in a high-school gym in northeast Ohio. “We rise and fall as one nation and one people.”
The president then pivoted quickly to his partisan stump speech, attacking Republican rival Mitt Romney for pursuing “top-down economics” for the wealthy and billing himself as the true agent of change in the election on Tuesday.
“We tried their ideas, and they don’t work,” Mr. Obama said of the GOP. “You know I’ll fight for you and your families every single day. It’s time to keep pushing forward.”
The president told supporters to take their friends and neighbors to vote in three days. “Make sure they vote for me before you drag them to the polls,” he said.
Some critics are accusing Mr. Obama and other government officials of praising storm relief efforts too soon.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, on Saturday urged the White House and state leaders in the Northeast dealing with the recovery to “stop declaring victory, stop giving speeches” and focus on helping victims of the storm.
“It’s a spirit that says, ‘We’re all in this together,’ ” Mr. Obama told about 4,000 supporters in a high-school gym in northeast Ohio. “We rise and fall as one nation and one people.”
The president then pivoted quickly to his partisan stump speech, attacking Republican rival Mitt Romney for pursuing “top-down economics” for the wealthy and billing himself as the true agent of change in the election on Tuesday.
“We tried their ideas, and they don’t work,” Mr. Obama said of the GOP. “You know I’ll fight for you and your families every single day. It’s time to keep pushing forward.”
The president told supporters to take their friends and neighbors to vote in three days. “Make sure they vote for me before you drag them to the polls,” he said.
Some critics are accusing Mr. Obama and other government officials of praising storm relief efforts too soon.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, on Saturday urged the White House and state leaders in the Northeast dealing with the recovery to “stop declaring victory, stop giving speeches” and focus on helping victims of the storm.
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