Obama accuses Romney of dishonesty about tax policy

PanARMENIAN.Net - A day after losing the first presidential debate, President Barack Obama and his campaign accused his Republican challenger Mitt Romney of being dishonest about tax policy and other issues, CNN reports.

"If you want to be president, you owe the American people the truth," Obama said at a campaign rally in Denver. "So here's the truth: Governor Romney cannot pay for his $5 trillion tax plan without blowing up the deficit or sticking it to the middle class. That's the math."

The president's top aides were even more blunt.

"Romney's performance was one that's probably unprecedented in its dishonesty," senior adviser David Plouffe told reporters.

Still, senior campaign adviser David Axelrod acknowledged Obama will examine his debate strategy for the next two contests -- on October 16 in New York and October 22 in Florida.

The president opted against "serial fact-checking with Governor Romney, which can be a never-ending, exhausting pursuit," Axelrod said. "Obviously, going forward, we're going to have to look at this, and we're going to have make some adjustments."

Meanwhile, Romney continued to push his debate theme of too that there's been much federal spending under Obama, complaining of "trickle-down government" that has failed to solve the nation's economic woes.

"Trickle-down government that the president proposes is one where he will raise taxes on small business, which will kill jobs" he said in an unannounced visit Thursday, Oct 4 to a conservative conference in Colorado. "I instead want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs."