Politics

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures as she talks with Cyprus’ president Dimitris Christofias, unseen, during their meeting at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Lagarde is in Cyprus for an informal European economic and financial affairs council. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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** FILE ** Rep. W. Todd Akin, the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, speaks during a news conference in Kirkwood, Mo., on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is campaigning with the hopeful. (Associated Press)

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Aimed at Barry Goldwater, who favored using tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam, the commercial from the Lyndon Johnson campaign featured Monique Corzillus plucking petals from a daisy and counting down from 10 — only to have her image and voice replaced by a male countdown and a nuclear mushroom cloud. (Screen grab from President Johnson's campaign) ** FILE **

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Monique Corzilius was 2 when she was the face of the most notorious attack ad in presidential campaign history implying that electing Republican Barry Goldwater could lead to the world’s destruction. Now 50, Monique Luiz says she was paid $150 for appearing in the ad, which ran only once because of the backlash. (Screen grab from President Johnson's campaign)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns Sept. 24, 2012, in Pueblo, Colo. (Associated Press)

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President Obama reaches over to greet a supporters on the tarmac Sept. 24, 2012, upon his arrival on Air Force One at JFK airport in New York. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Todd Akin (left), Missouri Republican Senate candidate, accompanied by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks during a news conference Sept. 24, 2012, in Kirkwood, Mo. Akin is seeking to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in the November election. (Associated Press)