1. Speaking to a crowd of about 8,500 outside a middle school in Nashua, N.H. on Saturday, President Obama took shots at Mitt Romney’s record as Governor of Massachusetts.  Obama said that Romney’s tax cuts in Massachusetts helped the wealthy, while raising fees which hurt the middle class.

    ‘‘There were higher fees to be a barber, higher fees to become a nurse,’’ Obama said. ‘‘There were higher fees for gas. There were higher fees for milk. There were higher fees for blind people who needed to get a certificate (saying) that they were blind.’’

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