<p>AP file photos Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, both shown campaigning this month, have a fuzzy definition of how much a middle-class family earns.</p>
July 19, 2012
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July 19, 2012 9:15 p.m.
The ever-expanding 'middle class'
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a recent speech, President Barack Obama referred to the "middle class" 14 times, defining it as a family that makes up to $250,000 a year. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has looked at it from the other direction, saying that someone who falls into poverty "is still middle class."