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Thirteen days before he asks voters for a second term, Obama s through-the-night, coast-to-coast trip will take in six of the most contested swing states in his toss-up race with Republican Mitt Romney.
The trip, already mocked as the Can t Afford Four More tour by Romney s campaign, comes with Obama tied or just behind Romney in national polls, but still with small leads in a handful of the swing states.
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A multimillionaire former venture capitalist, Romney has preferred to focus on the economy, arguing that women have suffered from stubbornly high unemployment and that he has the business acumen to speed up the sluggish recovery.
Campaigning earlier Tuesday in Nevada, one of the handful of toss-up states expected to decide the election, Romney said Obama s campaign was taking on water after a trio of debates supercharged his own White House bid.
His is a status quo candidacy. His is a message of going forward with the same policies of the last four years. And that s why his campaign is slipping. And that s why ours is gaining so much steam, Romney said.
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Romney led in an average of national polls by 0.7 percent Tuesday, but Obama still held small leads in Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin and New Hampshire, states that could hand him a second four-year term.
Akin apologized but refused to step aside, potentially dashing Republican hopes of wresting back control of the 100-member Senate from Democrats in congressional elections, which will also be held November 6.
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