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Susan Crabtree was a reporter for The Washington Times.

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President Obama greets supporters Oct. 14, 2012, outside an Organizing for America field office after making calls to volunteers in Williamsburg, Va. (Associated Press)

After Biden, Obama will be ‘respectful’ in next debate

After Vice President Joseph R. Biden earned the label "Laughing Joe" after he chuckled, sighed and interrupted his way through his debate with Rep. Paul Ryan last week, Team Obama is stressing that the president plans to be respectful in his second verbal match-up against Mitt Romney on Tuesday night.

October 15, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Pool-Rick Wilking)

Biden, Ryan go head to head, but they can’t see eye to eye in vice presidential debate

Looking to erase the memory of President Obama's widely panned debate performance from a week ago, Vice President Joseph R. Biden took the fight to his rival Paul Ryan on Thursday, accusing him of obfuscating Republicans' tax cut plans and calling GOP criticism of the administration's handling of last month's Libya terrorist attack "malarkey."

October 11, 2012
President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Ohio State University Oval on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Obama turns up intensity on stump

Looking to turn a negative into a positive, President Obama on the campaign trail is openly acknowledging a less-than-stellar performance in last week's debate, joking about his stumble, pleading for contributions and complaining sharply about Mitt Romney's "extreme makeover."

October 9, 2012
President Obama walks with Cesar Chavez's widow, Helen F. Chavez (left), and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, as they tour the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden in Keene, Calif., on Monday. (Associated Press)

Obama designates Chavez home as monument

President Obama designated the home of Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument Monday, a move Republicans denounced as a desperate attempt to shore up Latino support as the race tightens in its final weeks.

October 8, 2012
** FILE ** Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama speak during the first presidential debate, at the University of Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Goldman/Eric Gay)

Obama launches pre-emptive strike ahead of Romney’s foreign policy speech

President Obama's re-election campaign on Monday launched a pre-emptive strike ahead of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's planned foreign policy address, arguing that Mr. Romney has failed the the commander-in-chief test on the global stage — in part by staking out positions to the right of former President George W. Bush.

October 8, 2012
President Obama takes the stage on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, during a campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Associated Press)

Obama hails job picture; Romney says improvement too slow

President Obama hailed a modest improvement in job growth last month as evidence his policies are working and pleaded with voters not to risk handing control of the country to GOP rival Mitt Romney, whose supply-side economics he said are the same policies that caused the financial crisis.

October 5, 2012
Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks Oct. 4, 2012, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Associated Press)

Biden says he’s ready to rumble with Ryan

Vice President Joseph R. Biden isn't known for his disciplined oratory, but after watching Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney outperform President Obama during Wednesday night's debate, Mr. Biden said he's ready to face Mr. Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, and pin him down on the facts.

October 4, 2012
Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, stumps Oct. 2, 2012, for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a "Veterans for Romney" event at the Fish House in Pensacola, Fla. (Associated Press/The Pensacola News Journal)

McCain: Obama acting beyond authority

Sen. John McCain on Wednesday accused President Obama of using taxpayer dollars to buy off defense contractors for political gain.

October 3, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney laughs as he talks with senior advisers on his campaign plane en route to Denver, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Reticent Romney ratchets up attack on Obama on Libya

Mitt Romney has been surprisingly reticent about attacking President Obama's handling of the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, but on Monday, his campaign signaled he will begin to take a harder line on Mr. Obama's foreign policy overall heading into Wednesday's first debate.

October 1, 2012
**FILE** Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican (Associated Press)

Lockheed says it won’t issue layoff notices

Lockheed Martin on Monday backed down from its summertime threat to issue layoff warnings to employees just before the November election, saying the Obama administration has given assurances that it won't immediately kill any major defense contracts when automatic spending cuts go into effect in January.

October 1, 2012
President Obama has an uphill battle convincing military voters that they should re-elect him as commander in chief. (Associated Press)

Obama, Romney move battle to Virginia for military votes

President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney each trolled for military votes Thursday in the critical swing state of Virginia, and although polls show Mr. Obama with a slight edge overall in the state, he is having trouble convincing veterans that he should remain their commander in chief.

September 27, 2012
President Barack Obama gestures during a rally in Virginia Beach, Va., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

In Virginia Beach, Obama says vets aren’t ‘victims’

President Obama played to an enthusiastic crowd in the military stronghold of Virginia Beach Thursday, promising to bring about a "new economic patriotism" and hailing veterans and military families as valued members of the middle class.

September 27, 2012
President Obama speaks Sept. 26, 2012, at a campaign event at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Obama ridicules Romney over China tough talk

With the latest polls giving him an edge in the must-win state of Ohio, President Obama exuded confidence during a trip to the northern part of the state Wednesday, accusing Mitt Romney of wanting to "stick it to the middle class" and calling his tough talk on China "just not credible."

September 26, 2012
White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses during his daily news briefing at the White House on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s camp calls Libya hit ‘terrorism’

The Obama administration said Wednesday it now thinks the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya was linked to an affiliate of al Qaeda — an evaluation that comes two weeks after the strike and as the White House has struggled to defend its initial read on the situation.

September 26, 2012
Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, smiles Sept. 21, 2012, at her husband, Sidney Williams (left), during a House Ethics Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington after learning she had been cleared of allegations that she steered a $12 million federal bailout to a bank where her husband owns stock. (Associated Press)

Ethics panel clears Rep. Waters, reproves grandson

The House Ethics Committee officially exonerated Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, in a 3-year-old conflict-of-interest case involving her work on behalf of minority-owned banks despite her husband's financial stake in one of them.

September 25, 2012
President Obama shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon before addressing the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)

GOP recalls Obama’s earlier victory lap on Libya

Republicans said Tuesday the stark contrast between President Obama's speech to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday compared to his remarks a year ago — on Iran, Libya and the greater Middle East — are a measure of the administration's foreign policy failures.

September 25, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Sept. 25, 2012, at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. (Associated Press)

Romney takes aim at foreign aid, ties future aid to trade

Seeking to carve out foreign-policy differences with President Obama, rival Mitt Romney on Tuesday said he wants to impose a bargain on countries seeking U.S. foreign aid: open economies to trade and investment in exchange for American taxpayers' generosity.

September 25, 2012