Kamala Harris slams Romney on housing

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who helped broker a $26 billion mortgage settlement for homeowners, attacked GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney Wednesday for his ideas on turning around the housing market.

"When it comes to the housing crisis, the choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is clear," Harris said during her prime speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

In October 2011, Romney told the Las Vegas Review-Journal's editorial board that one step to improving the housing crisis was letting the foreclosure process "run its course and hit the bottom." Harris pointed to the remarks as evidence Romney did not understand the struggles of the middle class - a frequent charge by Democrats.

"That's not leadership," Harris said of Romney. "Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting - that's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement - that's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class."