Buckle up. It appears the presidential campaign season is officially underway in Oregon. President Obama launched the first media salvo this week with his campaign airing a no-holds barred slam of his presumptive Republican rival Mitt Romney. The 30-second spot which has been airing in other battleground markets for several weeks popped up in Oregon over the weekend when it was shown during ESPN’s coverage of the British Open among other broadcasts. If you’re a Romney supporter, get ready to cringe. If you’re an Obama backer, get ready to cheer. This one could be a brawl.

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See Obama TV Roundhouse Kick to Romney

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 23, 2012

<h1>See Obama TV Roundhouse Kick to Romney</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 23, 2012</p> <p>Buckle up. It appears the presidential campaign season is officially underway in Oregon. President Obama launched the first media salvo this week with his campaign airing a no-holds barred slam of his presumptive Republican rival Mitt Romney. The 30-second spot which has been airing in other battleground markets for several weeks popped up in Oregon over the weekend when it was shown during ESPN&rsquo;s coverage of the British Open among other broadcasts. If you&rsquo;re a Romney supporter, get ready to cringe. If you&rsquo;re an Obama backer, get ready to cheer. This one could be a brawl.</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/Ud3mMj0AZZk </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/see-obama-tv-roundhouse-kick-to-romney-2178584/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=20424&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/see-obama-tv-roundhouse-kick-to-romney-2178584/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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