White House race contested in far fewer states than in past

Nevada among 9 battleground states

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 | 1:09 p.m.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — So much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them. The presidential battleground map is as compact as it's been in decades, with just nine states seeing the bulk of candidate visits, campaign ads and get-out-the-vote efforts in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. That means just a fraction of Americans will determine the outcome of the race for the White House. "It's difficult if not impossible to pull ...

Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Don Rehill contributed from Washington.

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By SteveMiller4LV (Steve Miller)

Oct. 9, 2012

3:37 p.m.

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Mr. President. You are no Bill Clinton. When it comes to what you claim to have accomplished in the past four years, you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen.
By teamster

Oct. 9, 2012

8:50 p.m.

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Steve......

PRESIDENT OBAMA pulled our country out of the
HUGE BUSH/REPUBLICAN DEPRESSION.

He saved GM AND CHRYSLER.

The stock market doubled. 7.8% unemployment.

YES, HE BUILT IT.

You republicans fool no one.
By factsforyou

Oct. 10, 2012

9:50 a.m.

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