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Obama, Romney go centrist for some, heat up for others

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: October 24, 2012 at 5:32 a.m.

Credit: AP
President Barack Obama talks with pupils at Daughter of Zion Junior Academy in Delray Beach, Fla., during an unscheduled stop at the school after a post-debate campaign rally attended by 11,000 supporters.

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney embraced similar dueling imperatives as they began their sprint to the finish Tuesday: trying to close the sale with moderate and undecided voters through high-minded appeals and a centrist tone even as they sought to energize their ideological bases and disqualify each other with a barrage of new attacks.

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