CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama had his big speech tonight, and early on, he proved he wasn’t afraid to get aggressive with Mitt Romney and the Republican agenda, serving as yet another sign that this won’t simply be a “Rose Garden campaign,” where the incumbent in the White House seeks to stick strictly above the fray.

“My friends down in Tampa at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything that they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about what is right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan,” Mr. Obama said of the GOP platform presented in Florida last week. “That’s because all they have to offer are the same prescriptions they’ve had in the last 30 years. Have a surplus? Try a tax cut. Deficit too high? Try another.”

Then came the zinger.

“Feel a cold coming on?” he asked. “Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.” Read More