In what aides claimed was a slip of the tongue, the former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney accused the Illinois senator of urging terrorists to converge in Iraq — as the al-Qa'eda leader did in a tape released this week.
In the midst of criticising Democrats' foreign policy, he said: "Actually, just look at what Osam — uh — Barack Obama, said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq."
Speaking on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Mr Obama expressed scepticism that Mr Romney was genuinely confused, and warned that Republicans would try to "make me into this foreign, clearly black person, and to scare you".
Answering a question about negative campaigning the New Hampshire town of Dover, he tried to laugh off the comparison between himself and bin Laden, saying: "I have a lot of trouble growing a beard, and he lives in a cave".
But it was clear that Mr Obama and his team suspect Mr Romney is attempting to subliminally associate him with the terrorist.
In July Mr Romney was photographed smiling with a supporter holding a sign saying "No to Obama, No to Osama and Chelsea's Moma", the latter a reference to Hillary Clinton.
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