TOM RAUM Associated Press= President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney both keep trying to change the subject. Obama doesn't want voters to dwell on recent gloomy economic statistics but to see a fledgling recovery that is gaining steam, if slowly. His underlying message: brighter days are ahead, so stick with me. Romney's core theme is the weak economy, Obama's handling of it and how Romney's own private-sector background makes him best able to nurture economic growth and bring back jobs. So he's working to keep the focus there and doesn't want to keep discussing details of his personal finances and questions about his tenure at private-equity firm Bain Capital. Only he keeps...
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