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      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.
      
      

Republican candidates are casting President Barack Obama as a roadblock to economic revival while promising to resuscitate the U.S. manufacturing base.

Republicans pitching jobs plan to Iowa voters

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