On the Trail: Oct. 18

Some GOP presidential campaigns are going broke.

Barack Obama - President Obama’s three-day road trip through North Carolina and Virginia is being promoted as an official White House activity to promote jobs, but his re-election prospects are tied to the two politically important states, where his job approval ratings are at 42 percent and 45 percent, respectively.(Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Barack Obama - President Obama’s three-day road trip through North Carolina and Virginia is being promoted as an official White House activity to promote jobs, but his re-election prospects are tied to the two politically important states, where his job approval ratings are at 42 percent and 45 percent, respectively.(Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann participated in a tele-town-hall meeting with businessman Donald Trump on Monday to discuss economic issues. She also is taking a hard-line stance on immigration against Texas Gov. Rick Perry and has pledged that, if elected, she would erect a “secure double fence” along the entire Mexican border. (Photo: Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

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Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann participated in a tele-town-hall meeting with businessman Donald Trump on Monday to discuss economic issues. She also is taking a hard-line stance on immigration against Texas Gov. Rick Perry and has pledged that, if elected, she would erect a “secure double fence” along the entire Mexican border. (Photo: Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

Herman Cain - Herman Cain, who has been surging in recent polls, touts himself as a political outsider, but according to an Associated Press report, he has deep ties to the controversial Charles and David Koch brothers, who use their billions and their Americans for Prosperity (AFP) group to promote right-wing causes. Cain’s new campaign manager and other aides have worked for AFP but, interestingly, his ties to the group are not something he talks about.(Photo: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - Herman Cain, who has been surging in recent polls, touts himself as a political outsider, but according to an Associated Press report, he has deep ties to the controversial Charles and David Koch brothers, who use their billions and their Americans for Prosperity (AFP) group to promote right-wing causes. Cain’s new campaign manager and other aides have worked for AFP but, interestingly, his ties to the group are not something he talks about.(Photo: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich not only trails his Republican presidential rivals in the polls, but also in fundraising. Politico is reporting that Gingrich raised just $800,000 in the latest quarter, has $353,000 in cash on hand and is $1.1 million in debt.(Photo: Chris McKay/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingrich - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich not only trails his Republican presidential rivals in the polls, but also in fundraising. Politico is reporting that Gingrich raised just $800,000 in the latest quarter, has $353,000 in cash on hand and is $1.1 million in debt.(Photo: Chris McKay/Getty Images)

Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman, who is banking on the New Hampshire primary to jolt his campaign and has focused all of his efforts there, got a big disappointment when former New Hampshire governor John Sununu endorsed rival Mitt Romney. Huntsman lashed out on Monday, stating that Sununu has ignored Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts and “a lifetime and record of inconsistent and liberal positions.” (Photo: Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

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Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman’s campaign is in trouble. In addition to “shedding campaign staff by the dozen,” as Fox News reports, it has racked up approximately $890,000 in debt, despite a loan of more than $2 million from the candidate, and has just $327,000 in the bank.(Photo: Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul unveiled an economic plan on Monday that proposes $1 trillion in government spending cuts and calls for the elimination of the departments of Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Interior and Education, and the repeal of President Obama’s health care and Wall Street reform bills, CNN reports. In addition, as president, he would reduce his salary to $39,336, which he says is the median salary earned by the average American worker.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul unveiled an economic plan on Monday that proposes $1 trillion in government spending cuts and calls for the elimination of the departments of Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Interior and Education, and the repeal of President Obama’s health care and Wall Street reform bills, CNN reports. In addition, as president, he would reduce his salary to $39,336, which he says is the median salary earned by the average American worker.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Rick Perry - Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveiled a jobs plan Oct. 15 that relies on oil and gas production and mining for coal. He says it would create 1.2 million jobs and make the nation less dependent on foreign oil, philly.com reports. Perry also would strip the Environmental Protection Agency of much of its regulatory power and suspend clean-air regulations that the Obama administration has been implementing.(Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

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Rick Perry - Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveiled a jobs plan Oct. 15 that relies on oil and gas production and mining for coal. He says it would create 1.2 million jobs and make the nation less dependent on foreign oil, philly.com reports. Perry also would strip the Environmental Protection Agency of much of its regulatory power and suspend clean-air regulations that the Obama administration has been implementing.(Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Rick Santorum - Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has been going after Herman Cain for saying that he believes states should decide whether to allow or ban same-sex marriage. Santorum, who has fought to cast himself as the conservative’s conservative, also has slammed Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan, saying that “zero-zero-zero” would be better for the country, the Daily Caller reports.(Photo: Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT/LANDOV)

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Rick Santorum - Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has been going after Herman Cain for saying that he believes states should decide whether to allow or ban same-sex marriage. Santorum, who has fought to cast himself as the conservative’s conservative, also has slammed Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan, saying that “zero-zero-zero” would be better for the country, the Daily Caller reports.(Photo: Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT/LANDOV)