The economy will be President Obama’s biggest bugaboo, no doubt, as he makes his play in 2012 to remain in the White House. Here we have one of his Republican rivals, Mitt Romney, pointing this out via a campaign ad.

Specifically, Romney’s ad goes after Obama about the nation’s truly scary unemployment problem, laying it on thick with images of jobless Americans holding signs telling stories of their struggles. Over to you, Team Obama. –KA

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