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RUSH: Now, here\u2019s Romney. This was this morning on NBC News. F. Chuck Todd was talking to Romney, and F. Chuck said, “Do you have a feeling that this campaign has turned into a race to the bottom?” Because your ad — your ad, Mr. Romney — it\u2019s the lowest of the low and even the New York Times says so! <\/p>\n

Do you feel we\u2019re racing to the bottom here? <\/p>\n

ROMNEY: Our campaign would be helped immensely if we had an agreement between both campaigns that we were only going to talk about issues, and that attacks based upon business or family or taxes or things of that nature, that this is just a diversion. Our ads haven\u2019t gone after the president personally. Our ads talk about his record as president and failure of his policies to create jobs, but we haven\u2019t dredged up the old stuff that people talked about last time. We haven\u2019t gone after the personal things.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Hmmm. <\/p>\n

So is Romney asking for credit for that, or is he on the defensive? (paraphrased exchange) F. Chuck says, “Is your campaign going to the bottom?” and Romney says, “No, no, we\u2019re not going to the bottom. We need a truce. We need a truce.” Now, some people… I should say Mr. Snerdley is going nuts in there. I have heard some people think that if you read between the lines there, that there\u2019s a threat from Romney, maybe a preview of what\u2019s coming. <\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t done it, quote, “yet.” We haven\u2019t gotten personal “yet.” We haven\u2019t dredged up that old stuff that people talked about last time around “yet,” like Jeremiah Wright and like Bill Ayers. We haven\u2019t done that “yet.” Some people say that\u2019s what they hear in this ad. Others are saying, “No, no, it\u2019s not that. That\u2019s wishful thinking. If that\u2019s what you think you\u2019re hearing, it\u2019s wishful thinking.” What Romney is asking is for Obama to stop the negative stuff. <\/p>\n

And, of course, if that\u2019s the case, that\u2019s laughable, it isn\u2019t going to happen. And, again, people are saying: “You didn\u2019t have any problem going personal with Newt. You didn\u2019t have any problems going personal with Santorum. You didn\u2019t have any problem with going personal with Bachmann. What is it with Obama? Why in the world do we not pull the trigger against Obama? What is everybody afraid of?” We all know the answer: Race.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: We\u2019ve got a new Romney ad, by the way. It\u2019s number 26. It\u2019s Romney slamming the Obama PAC ad. This is, I guess, Romney firing back at the ad in which Romney\u2019s accused of committing murder. <\/a><\/p>\n