Election 2012: Obama urges resolve, patience in face of hurricane

	Click to View in Browser 10/29/2012 Obama urges resolve, patience in face of hurricane WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday urged East Coast residents in the path of Hurricane Sandy to heed evacuation orders and assured them the government was ready to respond swiftly, but he warned them it would take a long time to clean up in the storm's aftermath. Obama, Romney cancel events as Hurricane Sandy looms WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama suspended campaign stops and returned to Washington on Monday to deal with the impact of Hurricane Sandy, advising Americans to evacuate if necessary and dismissing concerns about the storm's impact on the November 6 election. Control of Senate may hinge on Ohio race CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (Reuters) - Ohio's Senate race has become one of the most expensive in the country in the 2012 election campaign, as money pours into the state to help a young Republican challenger come within striking distance of Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown. Obama's allure fades among venture capitalists SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capitalists are proving a less reliable source of cash for President Barack Obama during this election, according to fundraising data, even though he has raised a record amount of cash overall. Analysis: U.S. presidential race is all about Ohio - or is it? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With one week left in the tight battle for the White House, it's all about the vital swing state of Ohio. Unless it's about Colorado - or Iowa, or tiny New Hampshire. Hurricane Sandy blows U.S. election off course WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy blew the U.S. presidential race off course on Sunday even before it came ashore, forcing Republican Mitt Romney to shift his campaign inland and fueling fears that the massive storm bearing down on the East Coast could disrupt an election that is already under way. Two top posts in U.S. law enforcement await decisions by Obama or Romney WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The winner of the U.S. presidential election will have an opportunity to remake law enforcement with his choices for two top jobs - attorney general and FBI director - which could become vacant within months of each other in 2013. Obama, Romney virtually tied eight days before U.S. election WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were virtually tied in a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Monday, with the Democrat leading by a single percentage point eight days before the November 6 U.S. presidential election. Obama cancels stops in Virginia, Colorado because of storm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is canceling campaign stops in Virginia and Colorado early next week because of the impending landfall of Hurricane Sandy and will instead monitor the storm from the White House, his spokesman said on Saturday. Close race makes up for waning zeal in expat vote BERLIN (Reuters) - With the presidential election too close to call, hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Europe have been posting their absentee ballots with a sense that they could truly make a difference on November 6. Related Video Obama: "I'm confident that we are ready" Battleground Ohio Tales from the Trail Gabriel Debenedetti Obama plans immigration reform while issue remains divisive The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend