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President Obama Makes an Empirical Case for Re-Election

“The difference between Romney’s vision, rather than Obama’s, would be many fewer people with health insurance, into the tens of millions; less money for a variety of federal programs, including ones that help young people pay for college, enable poor people to get food, and provide public safety; fewer dollars for repairing broken down bridges, upgrading public transportation and other infrastructure investments; and much, much lower taxes for wealthy Americans.”

- Jonathan Cohn, “Yes, Romney’s Vision for America Really Is That Scary