Republicans pitching jobs plan to Iowa voters

Republican presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the Johnson County GOP Fall BBQ at Clear Creek-Amana High School, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Tiffin, Iowa. Iowa's presidential caucuses are any Republican candidate's to win. Just two months before the GOP nomination voting begins, Iowa Republicans aren't surging toward former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney even though he's essentially been running for president since losing here in 2008. And, this time, none of his opponents has emerged as the consensus candidate of conservatives _ and, thus, Romney's chief challenger _ the way Mike Huckabee did four years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Republican presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the Johnson County GOP Fall BBQ at Clear Creek-Amana High School, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Tiffin, Iowa. Iowa's presidential caucuses are any Republican candidate's to win. Just two months before the GOP nomination voting begins, Iowa Republicans aren't surging toward former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney even though he's essentially been running for president since losing here in 2008. And, this time, none of his opponents has emerged as the consensus candidate of conservatives _ and, thus, Romney's chief challenger _ the way Mike Huckabee did four years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

PELLA, Iowa (AP) ? Republicans competing for the chance to challenge President Barack Obama's re-election are casting him as a roadblock to economic revival while promising to resuscitate the U.S. manufacturing base.

Several of the GOP contenders pitched their economic plans at an Iowa forum Tuesday, and criticized Obama's stewardship of the struggling economy.

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota says "we need the federal government to get off our back." Former Sen. Rick Santorum says Democrats' health care law is standing in the way of businesses and is pledging to repeal it.

And former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Obama is simply "a left-wing radical" whose administration's regulations are crippling the business community..

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Georgia businessman Herman Cain skipped the event.

Associated Press

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