Sununu: 'I Wish This President Would Learn How To Be An American'

Former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu, a prominent surrogate for Mitt Romney, Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of being un-American for a failure to understand the economy.

Sununu blasted Obama: "I wish this president would learn how to be an American."

Sununu was speaking on a Romney conference call with reporters Tuesday. The first question from reporters asked that he clarify what he meant when he suggested Obama is somehow un-American.

Sununu said, what he was getting at, is that, "The president has to learn the American formula for creating business. The American formula for creating business is not to have government create business."

American entrepreneurs and the market create jobs, he concluded.

Earlier in the press call, Sununu referenced Chicago's nefarious pols over the years, and he suggested Obama, based on his Chicago campaign roots, shared the same "political genes."

Since Friday, Team Romney has zeroed in on the president's comment about businesses: "If you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own."

The Republican National Committee, like Romney campaign ads, is further attacking the president's jobs record and claiming he's guilty of "crony capitalism."

Obama advisers continue to criticize Romney's record as managing partner of Bain Capital, including when he actually left: 1999 or 2003. The Obama campaign also demands Romney release more than two years of tax returns.

The heated political climate, even before John Sununu's latest accusations Tuesday morning, is remarkable in that it is still very early in the campaign battle.