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Family members of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie participate in Thursday Oct. 4, 2012 candlelight ceremony in Naco, Arizona. Nearly 100 people gathered in Naco for a candlelight vigil for a fallen Border Patrol agent. Ivie and two other border agents were fired upon Tuesday in a rugged hilly area about five miles (eight kilometers) north of the border near Bisbee, Ariz., as they responded to an alarm that was triggered on one of the sensors that the government has installed along the border. (AP Photo/Beatrice Richardson, Sierra Vista Herald)
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FILE - In this July 30, 2011 file photo, Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Conspiracy theorists came out in force Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, after the government reported a sudden drop in the U.S. unemployment rate one month before Election Day. West agreed with former GE CEO Jack Welch's skepticism of the Labor Department's announcement that the unemployment rate had fallen to 7.8 percent in September from 8.1 percent the month before. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Supporters leave with signs from President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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Supporters wear Big Bird pins from Sesame Street during President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. The use of Big Bird pins comes days after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney referenced to the Sesame Street character during the debate this past Wednesday. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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President Obama greets supporters at a campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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George Mason staff take photos from inside the sound booth during President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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Woman supporters provide the backdrop for President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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Supporters take photos during President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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President Obama greets supporters on stage during a campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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Woman supporters provide the backdrop for President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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U.S. Senate candidate and former Gov. Tim Kaine gives the opening speech at President Obama's campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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President Obama points and waves to supporters during a campaign event Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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President Obama takes the stage on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, during a campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney boards his campaign plane at Weyers Cave-Shenandoah Valley Airport in Weyers Cave, Va., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama speaks on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at a campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Associated Press)