39 days and counting until the 2012 Presidential Election (DonkeyHotey/Creative Commons)

Not only is Mitt Romney's behind in recent polls, but he also is lagging in the number of key swing state rallies, The Washington Post reported. Since Sept. 7, the Obama-Biden campaign has hosted 29 events in battleground states, including Florida, Ohio and Virginia, while the Romney-Ryan campaign has held 24. Romney-Ryan campaign spokesmen, Ryan Williams, defended the lesser number, saying the campaign was "devoting time raising the resources needed to compete with President Obama’s political machine."

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