2012: Path to the Presidency (175 images)

President William Clinton (R) introduces presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel on September 25, 2012 in New York City. UPI/Monika Graff

President Barack Obama and first lady Michel Obama visits the set of "The View" on ABC-TV in in Manhattan, New York on September 24, 2012. From left: Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, president, first lady, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. The president is in town for the 67th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. UPI/Alan Tannenbaum/Pool

President Barack Obama and Senator Mark Warner wav to supporters on stage at a campaign event at the G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, Virginia on September 21, 2012. UPI/Molly Riley

President Barack Obama swings a make-believe baseball bat as he takes the state to speak at a campaign event at G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, Virginia on September 21, 2012. UPI/Molly Riley