Casey Distances Himself from Obama, 'You Didn't Build That'

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10:01 AM, Jul 24, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

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Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey, who is up for reelection this year, carefully put some space between himself and Barack Obama's recent comment that American entrepreneurs didn't build their businesses on their own.

Speaking at a luncheon in Harrisburg, Casey said that "everyone knows that when someone builds a business and is successful, they are successful for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons they're successful is they work hard."

"I think individual initiative and drive and skill and expertise should be accorded recognition," Casey continued. Watch the video below: