U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, former
Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, are doing a campaign blitz through
so-called "swing states" during the final days before Tuesday's
election.
After rallies in Wisconsin, Nevada, Colorado, and Ohio Thursday, Obama
plans to spend all day Friday in Ohio -- a crucial state for victory for
either candidate. Obama plans to visit Ohio on each of the final four
days of the campaign.
Romney
on Friday visits both Wisconsin and Ohio. In West Chester, Ohio, he is
expected to join forces with running mate Paul Ryan. The Romney campaign
says it expects "nearly 100" governors, senators, mayors, and other
officials to attend. In his final days of campaigning, Romney plans
stops in New Hampshire, Iowa, and Colorado.
The candidates are concentrating on the same set of states because they
are the so-called "battleground" states that could turn the election one
way or the other.
Though disaster relief efforts have won Obama unusual praise from both
Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and independent New York
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, polls show the two candidates are just
about tied for popular support.
