I am not sure what the options were for this question. But it is standard political rhetoric, in which a negative claim (he has raised taxes, increased spending) is made about one's opponent, and he is then accused of lying-- not just to the people of his state but to the entire country. Exaggerated assertions, which are made to try to paint one's opponent as dishonorable, are very common in political speech.
I don't know if this is a question, since it seems to be some kind of political claim. It appears elsewhere on the site as an example of "Propaganda style"-- but it has nothing at all to do with Barack Obama. Perhaps if you rephrase the question, we can better answer it.
George Wallace
England was our opponent.
No, he did not. He was a senator from Illinois. His opponent, Mitt Romney, served one term as the governor of Massachusetts.
Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919. Franklin Roosevelt's opponent in 1936 was Kansas Governor Alf Landon.
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois.
Barack Obama was never a governor. He was first a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator. It was his 2012 opponent, Mitt Romney, who had been a governor (from Massachusetts).
DeWitt Clinton (James Madison's opponent in the presidential election of 1812)
Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts.
The opponents are the Aged people opponents--- meaning enemies Answered by: The Corrector
As of the 2012 election, his opponent is former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Mr. Romney is a Republican and a conservative, a former business executive and venture capitalist.
In 2012, President Obama was seeking re-election, and his Republican opponent was Mitt Romney, a business executive and former governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Obama defeated him, to win a second term.
Colonel Gadaffi.