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Romney begins fall campaign with economic pledge

Mitt Romney is making the first stop of his fall campaign for the White House a visit to hurricane-damaged Louisiana, hoping to convince Americans he is not just the right man to fix the economy but an all-around leader for the nation.

By Charles Babington | Updated on August 31, 2012
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, with running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at a campaign event in Lakeland, Fla., Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney is making the first stop of his fall campaign for the White House a visit to hurricane-damaged Louisiana, hoping to convince Americans he is not just the right man to fix the economy but an all-around leader for the nation. President Barack Obama, for his part, served notice that he will use his powers of incumbency to make Romney’s mission hard.

Fresh from the Republican National Convention, Romney scheduled a visit to Lafitte, outside New Orleans, where he was joining Gov. Bobby Jindal on a scheduled tour of storm damage.

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