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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): Fifty-seven days and counting, that's how the political calendar looked today for President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.
With the conventions behind them, the candidates jockeyed for any advantage in a close race.
The president entered the final stretch of the campaign with a slight lead in the polls after the two-party conventions. But at the White House today, Press Secretary Jay Carney took the cautious view.
JAY CARNEY, White House: This is going to be a close race. It has been and will be. And the president is very focused on traveling around the country -- coming out of the convention in Charlotte and traveling around the country as he did these last several days, explaining to the American people what his vision is.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Hours earlier, the Obama reelection effort and the Democratic National Committee announced they hauled in $114 million last month. That was just enough to top the $111 million raised by Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee.
It was also the first time since April that the Democrats won the monthly money race. Romney campaigned in Mansfield, Ohio, today, hoping to make headway by hammering again at the president's economic leadership after Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs report.
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