UNITED States (U.S.) President Barack Obama officially kicked off his campaign rallies at the weekend in Columbus, Ohio and Richmond, Virginia, delivering two almost identical fiery speeches attacking Republican’s policies and pledging to take the country forward if re-elected.

“Four years ago, you and I began a journey together, not just to win an election … We came to reclaim the basic bargain that built the biggest middle class in the world,” Xinhua quoted Obama as saying at his rally in the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

The president made references to his new campaign slogan, “Forward,” which premiered in a seven-minute campaign video aired during the past weeks.

“We gotta move forward to the future we imagined in 2008,” said the president to his supporters holding blue signs that read, “ Forward” and red ones that read, “Not Back.”

Directly criticising his likely Republican opponent, Mitt Romney by name, Obama took a shot at the presumptive GOP nominee’s remarks during the GOP primary. “Corporations aren’t people. People are people,” said the president, in a clear reference to an earlier comment by Romney.

-Guardian

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