PITTSBURGH — The large crowd gathered on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University here Friday was already hot from the baking sun by the time President Obama showed up to give the last speech of his campaign swing through Ohio and Pennsylvania. But Obama still found a way to fire them up, casting his reelection campaign as a battle of visions with Republicans and their nominee Mitt Romney.The campaign reported 6,500 turned out to see Obama, making the last stop of the president’s bus swing one of the largest. The scorching heat provided the drama of the day, as fainting spectators were hauled out on stretchers by first responders. On stage, Obama delivered a similar speech to the one he used across his bus tour, shouting out his accomplishments and painting Republicans as angling to throw the country into reverse.
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