Politics

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President Barack Obama arrives at a campaign event, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, in Rochester, N.H., at Rochester Commons. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama speaks Aug. 18, 2012, during a campaign event at Rochester Commons in Rochester, N.H. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this July 26, 2012, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate, introduces his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, to supporters Aug. 18, 2012, at a campaign rally in The Villages, Fla. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama greets people outside Lechonera El Barrio, a local restaurant in Orlando, Fla. Florida's economy is center stage in Obama and Mitt Romney's high-stakes campaign for the rich trove of 29 electoral votes. One of the biggest prizes still up for grabs, this state, a hard-fought White House battleground in 2000, could be just as pivotal this year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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** FILE ** In this April 13, 2011, file photo, Republican Vice Presidential candidate, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions in reaction to President Obama's speech on a federal spending plan, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, file photo, Pakistani tribal elder Karim Khan shows the remains of a missile reportedly fired by a U.S. drone on a village in north Waziristan, killing many people, after his news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)