US President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio, on July 5, 2012. Obama set off on a two-day odyssey through battleground states Ohio and Pennsylvania, meant to stress his rescue of the iconic US auto industry and to contrast his empathy with the middle class to that of his opponent Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO/Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages)
