>>> a campaign rally in the past hour in columbus, ohio, by the way, the president's eighth visit this year to the key battleground state . president spoke at a college, highlighting sharp differences between his education policies and he says those of mitt romney and his running mate, paul ryan . is it the president's first stop on a two-day campaign swing that will take him to nevada and new york city . this follows the president's appearance at the white house press briefing. the president started by strongly criticizing congressman todd akin 's remarks about quote legitimate rape and on the "today" show, former rnc chair michael steele said the president seized an opportunity and called it political theater .
>> the president's been seen in quite some time in front of the white house press poll, all of a sudden pops in to talk about this subject among other things obviously, but, yeah, this was taking advantage of the political opportunity that's being handed to the campaign.
>> joining me now, obama campaign national press secretary, ben la boat. thank you for your time.
>> thanks for having me.
>> your response to michael steele saying this was political theat, the president talked about syria, of course, this issue on congressman akin.
>> well, this isn't theater. it's reaelt. take a look at the republican party platform of mitt romney 's republican party . passed today, included a human life amendment that would ban abortion under all circumstances including in the form -- in the cases of rape. and incest. and could impact some forms of birth control. these were legislative initiatives that congressman ryan worked with congressman akin on while he was in congress. governor romney previously endorsed the personhood amendment. but this is in the platform of mitt romney 's republican party .
>> but it's been the platform since 2004 , 2008 , george w. bush , mccain, mitt romney , the latest to disagree with the party platform . he's not different from the two that preceded him.
>> he'd endorsed the platforms in the past. he endorsed on governor huckabee's show the personhood amendment earlier this year. congressman ryan worked with congre congressman akin to advance this legislation. you know, i think the broader discussion that the republican party 's had about women's issues in the past year is something that we heard 50 years ago. you don't expect to hear it in 2012 . you've got republican governors across the country advancing legislation that requires mandatory ultrasounds. i think these policies are out of the past and i think that women across the country are certainly going to take notice of the republican parties ' platform.
>> a quit sound bite from governor romney , talking about the tone of the campaign in response to the ads, particularly that have been out. let me play what he had to say.
>> i think it's unfortunate that the president not having a great record to run on has decided to try to attack his opponents on a personal basis and mischaracterize, of course the reason we're in the race and things we're trying to do.
>> ben, yesterday the president stated clearly and why he believes tax returns are relevant. he took issue, though, with the ad with the gentleman whose wife passed away . what do you think of the tone question? you're not just hearing it from republicans. you're hearing it from pundits who feel this is extraordinary tone from the president, extraordinary negative tone from the president, they say.
>> i don't think that reporters who have spent a day on the trail with the president would say that. take a look at his events in columbus and reno today, he's talking about the choice that students face in education. he passed $ 10,000 tax credit to help students attend college, double funded for college scholarships. governor romney has a different vision, they'd cut back funding for scholarships and shop around and get money from their parents. some call it negative but it's important that we outline the choice for american students. i certainly done think that's negative. i think it would have a concrete impact on their lives. governor romney 's advises are told politico last week it would be political suicide to run a campaign of specifics. he hasn't outlined many policy specifics, he hasn't told us how he'd pay for $ 5 trillion tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, specifically what he would do to aen tend the war in afghanistan and he's run a campaign primarily focused on tearing the president down.
>> we reached out to the romney campaign to see if someone was available. they did
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