Ex-president Bill Clinton joins Obama campaign for final pushOctober 25, 2012 - 22:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together next week in three of the most competitive battleground states, Belfast Telegraph said. Mr Obama and the former president will hold rallies on Monday in Florida, Ohio and Virginia. Their appearances will kick off the final full week of campaigning before Election Day. While Mr Clinton has been an active supporter of the president, Mr Obama's campaign is ramping up his role in the election's final days. Mr Clinton is featured in a new campaign advertisement out this week, where he argues that Mr Obama's "got it right" with his economic agenda. Monday's stops will be the first joint rallies the two presidents have held together during the 2012 campaign. They have previously attended joint fundraisers and appeared together briefly at the Democratic Party's convention. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has a two point lead over Mr Obama just 12 days before Election Day, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. Mr Romney is favoured by 47% of likely voters to 45% for Mr Obama. The poll shows Mr Obama has ceded his 16-point advantage among women, while largely erasing Mr Romney's edge among men. The tight results among likely voters fall within the poll's margin of sampling error. Mr Obama's dip in support among women appeared to reflect a drive by Mr Romney in October to show himself as a more moderate candidate after months of campaigning as a hard-right conservative. Mr Romney's gains also showed his economic argument has made progress with women as he has sought to soften his image. A month ago, women favoured the president over his challenger on the economy 56% to 40%. Now, the split has shifted to 49% for Mr Romney and 45% for Mr Obama. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |