Romney wealth in focus on campaign trail

APPLETON, Wis. — Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial front-runner Mitt Rom­ney on Fri­day defended his per­sonal wealth amid inten­si­fy­ing crit­i­cism from his main GOP rival and Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s re-election cam­paign, unlikely allies work­ing to por­tray the for­mer busi­ness­man as out of touch with most Americans.