Politics

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President Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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President Obama holds a youngster as he greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., on Thursday where he derided the Republicans for the party’s support of tax cuts. (Associated Press)

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Former Rep. Joe Walsh, Illinois Republican (Associated Press)

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Walking with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Republican vice presidential candidate, returns to Capitol Hill to vote on a stopgap spending bill that avoids a government shutdown but carries a price tag $19 billion higher than the budget he wrote as chairman of the House Budget Committee, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Entertainers Joy Williams and John Paul White of The Civil Wars speak Wednesday after receiving the Duo/Group of the Year award at the 11th annual Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville, Tenn. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Sept. 12, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine waves to the delegates from Virginia before addressing the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

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D.C. dignitaries joined city children on Thursday to cut the ribbon in front of Educare, a state-of-the-art center focusing on early childhood education in Ward 7. From left, are D.C. Housing Authority Director Adrianne Todman, council member Yvette M. Alexander, Ward 7 Democrat, and Mayor Vincent C. Gray. Dorothy Douglas, leaning over the banner in the black dress, is a member of the D.C. State Board of Education for Ward 7. (Tom Howell Jr./The Washington Times)