Politics

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hosts a small-business roundtable July 23, 2012, during a campaign stop at Endural LLC in Costa Mesa, Calif. (Associated Press)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins throws Aug. 13, 2012, during training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. (Associated Press)

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Illustration Democrats Hating Christians by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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** FILE ** President Obama speaks at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Aug. 15, 2012, at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., greets supporters at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Tribune Review, Justin Merriman)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, people walk through the Ancien Sobraga neighborhood as they head to the meeting point for an opposition protest march, in Libreville, Gabon. A leader of an opposition party in Gabon said Wednesday that three women were killed and about 30 people wounded, following a banned demonstration that turned violent. (AP Photo/Joel Bouopda Tatou)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leaves Aug. 16, 2012, after a news conference at Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, S.C. (Associated Press)

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British police officers stand guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London on Aug. 16, 2012, after Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced that he had granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Afghan security forces raise Afghanistan's flag in place of NATO's flag on July 18, 2012, during the third phase of transfer of authority from NATO troops to Afghan security forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)