Romney slams Obama at rally in Daytona Beach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.— Mitt Romney blasted President Obama's reelection effort as the "incredible shrinking campaign" at a rally on Friday, in what is scheduled to be his last appearance on the campaign trail before Monday's third and final presidential debate.

Appearing with his running mate Paul Ryan at a rally at an outdoor band shell overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Romney said the Obama campaign has been reduced to "petty attacks" and "word games."

"The Obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign," Romney said. "This is a big country, with big challenges and they keep talking about smaller and smaller things. We have big ideas, bold ideas, and we're going to get America working again. That's why you're going to elect the two of us and we're going to get this country on track."

Romney continued his charge that the president has failed to lay out any specifics on what he'll accomplish if he's elected to a second term.

"Have you been watching the Obama campaign lately?" Romney said. "It's absolutely remarkable. They have no agenda for the future. No agenda for America. No agenda for a second term," Romney said. "It's a good thing they won't have a second term."

While Romney drew a big crowd, Obama supporters could be heard in the distance chanting "Obama." Romney noted that at rallies he's been greeted with chants of "four more years" by protesters at other campaign events.

"We can endure 18 more days of the agenda of President Obama, but we cannot endure four more years and that's why we're going to replace him in 18 days," said Romney, who repeated his pledge that his administration would create 12 million jobs.

The Obama campaign slammed Romney for offering "empty promises, sketchy math, and blatant falsehoods."

"Despite what he said tonight, Romney would have to raise middle class taxes to pay for his $250,000 tax cuts for multi-millionaires, while independent economists agree his jobs 'plan' would not create jobs and could slow the recovery," said Obama campaign spokesman Danny Kanner. "Mitt Romney's spent the last month hiding his true positions from the American people to win votes, but the truth is he'd take us back to the same failed policies that devastated the middle class in the first place."

If Romney's prediction is to come true, it's crucial that he wins Florida and the state's 29 electoral votes. Both Ryan and Vice President Biden campaigned in the state on Friday, and Biden will travel to St. Augustine, Fla., for a rally on Saturday.

Romney will remain in Florida this weekend to prepare for Monday's final presidential debate in Boca Raton. Obama is holding his debate preparations at the Camp David presidential retreat.