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WORLD BRIEFING roughness' CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama declared that Republican rival Mitt Romney should be penal- ized for ''unnecessary roughness'' on the middle class and accused him in a ringing labor Day speech of backing higher taxes for millions after oppos- ing the 2009 auto industry bailout. ''I've got one piece of advice for you about the Romney-Ryan game plan: Punt it away. It won't work. It won't win the game,'' Obama said, blending sports-themed remarks with economic barbs before a cheering crowd in the nation's industrial heartland. He backed up his rally comments with a new television commercial that says Romney doesn't understand the ''heavy load'' the middle class is carrying yet wants to give himself a big new tax break. It's the president's first new ad since last week's Republican National Convention, a reminder that he and his allies have been outspent by millions in the ad wars over the past several weeks. Obama says Romney should be penalized for 'unnecessary Toledo, Ohio, amounted to a rebuttal to Romney's weekend appeal to voters to fire the current coach — Obama — and install the Republicans instead at the controls of an econo- my sputtering along with 8.3 percent unemploy- ment. His sports comments in before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the bat- tlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives. The statement comes a day after activists report- ed that August was the bloodiest month since the uprising began in March 2011. ''There will be no dia- logue with the opposition prior to the Syrian army's imposition of security and stability in all parts of the country,'' Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi told reporters at a news conference in Damascus. The opposition has long rejected any talks with the regime until Assad is removed from power. Monday, arguing that even conservative punch- ing bag Jimmy Carter's presidency was better as Democrats streamed to North Carolina to nomi- nate Obama for a second term. ''The president can say a lot of things and he will,'' the Republican vice presidential candidate told more than 2,000 sup- porters in East Carolina University's student recreation center, about 230 miles east of the Democratic National Convention site in Char- lotte. ''But he can't tell you that you're better off. Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now.'' The president headed to hurricane-damaged Louisiana late in the day as he slowly made his way toward the Democ- rats' convention city. First lady Michelle Obama was already there, and made a quick trip to check out the stage at the Time Warner Cable Arena where she will speak on Tuesday night. years ago? GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Paul Ryan deliv- ered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama's stewardship of the nation's economy Better off now than 4 FOR JUNK CARS CASH Auto Recycling Inc., Corning CA. www.allstarautorecycling.com All Star 824-2880 and Vice President Joe Biden focusing Monday on the administration's 2009 rescue of U.S. automakers, which GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney opposed at the time. At a union rally in Toledo, Ohio, Obama said the jobs that were preserved help workers enter the middle class while the auto companies symbolize the country's innovative and industrial abilities. ''If that is not worth fighting for, than what is?'' he said. 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