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BBC Director-General George Entwistle gives evidence on the Jimmy Savile sexual-abuse case to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons in London on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Press Association)
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Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California is traveling across the country in hopes of winning House seats for her party. (Associated Press)
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Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is on the campaign trail tending to important races in his home state.
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Moderator Bob Schieffer, center, watches as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left and President Barack Obama wave to members of the audience during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney answers a question during the third presidential debate with President Barack Obama at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Moderator Bob Schieffer addresses the audience before the third presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Moderator Bob Schieffer, right, watches as President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Workers pose for a photo with a life-sized cutout of President Barack Obama at a presidential debate fair on the campus of Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla., where President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their final debate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Lynn University student Matt Alleva uses patriotic tubes to float on the water during a pre-debate pool party on campus, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Florida. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their final debate at Lynn University Monday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Moderator Bob Schieffer, right, watches as President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Moderator Bob Schieffer addresses the audience before the third presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Brookfield Police Chief Dan Tushaus briefs reporters in an evening news conference in Brookfield, Wis., on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A man who had been accused of domestic violence and slashing his wife's tires took a gun into the spa where she worked and shot seven women, three fatally, before killing himself, Tushaus said. The shootings set off a confusing, six-hour search Sunday for the gunman that locked down a nearby mall, a country club adjacent to the spa and the hospital where the survivors were taken. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
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A cyclist starts off on his 100-miles ride at the Livestrong Challenge Austin charity event on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his Livestrong charity's fundraiser and then retreated into privacy as cycling officials got set to announce if they will appeal his lifetime ban and loss of seven Tour de France titles ordered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
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Riders begin their 100-mile ride at the Livestrong Challenge Austin charity event on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his Livestrong charity's fundraiser and then retreated into privacy as cycling officials got set to announce if they will appeal his lifetime ban and loss of seven Tour de France titles ordered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
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Bike riders begin their 100-mile ride in the Livestrong Challenge Austin charity event on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Cyclist Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his charity's fundraiser and then retreated into privacy as cycling officials got set to announce if they will appeal his lifetime ban and loss of seven Tour de France titles ordered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)