Politics
12:00 am
Wed July 11, 2012

Obama focuses on economy in Cedar Rapids

Credit Clay Masters / IPR
President Barack Obama campaigns at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on July 10, 2012.

President Barack Obama made a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. He spent a lot of time discussing his call this week to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to the middle class. He also addressed the economy… something his presumptive GOP opponent, Mitt Romney has attacked him on. And as Iowa Public Radio’s Clay Masters reports, how he addresses the lagging economy could be what makes or breaks his reelection.