October 8th, 2012
06:11 PM ET
Obama camp taps NBA, NFL stars Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama's campaign is tapping into some athletic star power in three new web videos meant to encourage sports fans to register to vote for the president. In the latest video, titled "The Greatest" and posted Monday, basketball legends speak directly to the camera against a black backdrop and talk about the definition of "greatness." 
October 8th, 2012
05:05 PM ET
Biden in Delaware for debate prep Washington (CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden is currently in Wilmington, Delaware prepping for the vice presidential debate Thursday. However, the Obama campaign does not expect Biden, a former senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to make up for the president's showing in the first presidential debate, according to multiple Democratic sources. While Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod is on hand in Delaware, sources told CNN his presence is not a reaction to the president's weak showing at the Denver debate and that Axelrod was previously scheduled to attend. The vice president's preparations are being run by his former chief of staff Ron Klain, who is in charge of the president's prep as well. 
October 8th, 2012
05:03 PM ET
Obama takes kids' questions; Romney declinesWashington (CNN) – President Obama says his most embarrassing moment is when he runs into a wall. It is "par for the course for me…I'm running into doors and desks all the time." The comments came as he answered kids' questions for the Nickelodeon special: "Kids Pick the President: The Candidates."  President Obama spoke Sunday at a fundraiser at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles where he is expected to raise nearly $9.5 million dollars over two days. The president for the first time addressed his less than stellar debate performance saying, "[E]verybody here are just incredible professionals...and they just perform flawlessly night after night. I can't always say the same." (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
October 8th, 2012
08:27 AM ET
President Obama swings west for campaign cash LOS ANGELES (CNN) –President Obama is tapping his California ATM with a combination of star studded concerts and intimate high dollar dinners. The West Coast swing kicks off with a big concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring musical acts Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi, and Earth Wind and Fire. Actor George Clooney is slatted to deliver remarks. A campaign official tells CNN an estimated six thousand people are expected at the Sunday evening event with tickets starting at $250. Mr. Obama will also meet privately with a dozen so called high dollar donors along with former president Bill Clinton, and attend a dinner with 150 guests at $20,000 per person. On Monday, the president heads to San Francisco where he’ll attend three fundraisers. In a separate event at a private residence on Monday in Los Angeles, President Clinton is expected to raise an additional $160 thousand. Campaign officials say this big fundraising push will help them compete in key battleground states where polls still show a tight race.  President Obama is tapping his California ATM with a combination of star studded concerts and intimate high dollar dinners. The president spoke Sunday at a fundraiser at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi and Earth Wind and Fire. Mr. Obama is expected to raise nearly $9.5 million dollars over two days. (Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
October 8th, 2012
07:42 AM ET
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