On the Trail: June 12

President Obama hits up donors; Mitt Romney hits the road.

Obama and Romney News From the Campaign Trail - After getting "beaten" by Mitt Romney and the Republicans in May fundraising, as one Obama campaign advisor put it, the president is amping up his game. Romney, in an effort to build on his improving favorability ratings, is hitting the road to get in touch with those ordinary Americans his critics say he can't relate to. (Photos: REUTERS/Larry Downing; REUTERS/Darrell Byers)

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Obama and Romney News From the Campaign Trail - After getting "beaten" by Mitt Romney and the Republicans in May fundraising, as one Obama campaign advisor put it, the president is amping up his game. Romney, in an effort to build on his improving favorability ratings, is hitting the road to get in touch with those ordinary Americans his critics say he can't relate to. (Photos: REUTERS/Larry Downing; REUTERS/Darrell Byers)

Obama Radios Black Voters - President Obama's re-election team will launch its first national radio ad this week to reach African-American voters with a radio spot called "We've Got Your Back." The strategic move shows that Obama's campaign isn't taking Black voters for granted and also will stem criticisms that the Democratic Party doesn't invest with Black media outlets.(Photo: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

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Obama Radios Black Voters - President Obama's re-election team will launch its first national radio ad this week to reach African-American voters with a radio spot called "We've Got Your Back." The strategic move shows that Obama's campaign isn't taking Black voters for granted and also will stem criticisms that the Democratic Party doesn't invest with Black media outlets.(Photo: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

Road Tripping - Romney is hitting the road on June 15 to take a bus tour of the battleground states New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. The goal of the tour is to highlight the concerns of working Americans, which Romney says Obama has ignored for the past three and a half years. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Road Tripping - Romney is hitting the road on June 15 to take a bus tour of the battleground states New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. The goal of the tour is to highlight the concerns of working Americans, which Romney says Obama has ignored for the past three and a half years. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Dash for Cash - Obama is embarking on a fundraising frenzy Tuesday with six scheduled events in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The campaign hopes to take in $3.6 million. As Politico reports, the president has spent nine of the past 27 days collecting campaign cash.(Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

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Dash for Cash - Obama is embarking on a fundraising frenzy Tuesday with six scheduled events in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The campaign hopes to take in $3.6 million. As Politico reports, the president has spent nine of the past 27 days collecting campaign cash.(Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

Take a Peak - It's "offical": Romney's campaign needs to program its computers to do an automatic spell check of all materials. First there was "Amercia" and then "sneak-peak." The latest typo is the misspelling of the name of the Republican Party's patron saint, former President Ronald Regan — er, Reagan. The error was caught by Buzzfeed in a review of a slide show created by the campaign's pollsters. (Photo: Courtesy Romney for President, Inc)

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Take a Peak - It's "offical": Romney's campaign needs to program its computers to do an automatic spell check of all materials. First there was "Amercia" and then "sneak-peak." The latest typo is the misspelling of the name of the Republican Party's patron saint, former President Ronald Regan — er, Reagan. The error was caught by Buzzfeed in a review of a slide show created by the campaign's pollsters. (Photo: Courtesy Romney for President, Inc)

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They're With Bill - Former president and current Obama surrogate Bill Clinton gave Romney and his Republicans a gift that gave for several days last week when he said he'd be okay with a temporary extension of the Bush-era tax cuts that are due to expire at year's end. GOP lawmakers recited his comments with glee and the Romney campaign created a fake Bill Clinton Twitter handle and used it to praise Romney. The account has been suspended.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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They're With Bill - Former president and current Obama surrogate Bill Clinton gave Romney and his Republicans a gift that gave for several days last week when he said he'd be okay with a temporary extension of the Bush-era tax cuts that are due to expire at year's end. GOP lawmakers recited his comments with glee and the Romney campaign created a fake Bill Clinton Twitter handle and used it to praise Romney. The account has been suspended.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Obama Auto Show - Obama's team is launching an effort across Michigan this week to highlight the domino effect of the federal aid the administration provided to prevent the auto industry from going under. It will focus on related manufacturers, restaurants and other businesses that benefitted from the industry's recovery.(Photo: Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

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Obama Auto Show - Obama's team is launching an effort across Michigan this week to highlight the domino effect of the federal aid the administration provided to prevent the auto industry from going under. It will focus on related manufacturers, restaurants and other businesses that benefitted from the industry's recovery.(Photo: Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Romney Goes Mobile - Team Romney is opening up new territory on the campaign trail with political advertising on iPhones and iPads, using Apple's iAd technology in states where the campaign is running TV ads, the Wall Street Journal reports. The campaign hopes voters will download embedded TV ads or the "I'm with Mitt" photo-sharing application.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Romney Goes Mobile - Team Romney is opening up new territory on the campaign trail with political advertising on iPhones and iPads, using Apple's iAd technology in states where the campaign is running TV ads, the Wall Street Journal reports. The campaign hopes voters will download embedded TV ads or the "I'm with Mitt" photo-sharing application.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Number One - Obama's re-election team continues to hammer at Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts. A new ad called "Number One" targets how the state ranked number one in state debt and 47 in job creation. "That's Romney economics," a narrator says. "It didn't work then. It won't work now." (Photo: Courtesy Obama For America)

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Number One - Obama's re-election team continues to hammer at Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts. A new ad called "Number One" targets how the state ranked number one in state debt and 47 in job creation. "That's Romney economics," a narrator says. "It didn't work then. It won't work now." (Photo: Courtesy Obama For America)

Repeal and Replace - At a campaign event in Atlanta on Monday that raised $3 million, Romney vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare if he is elected president. The Republican also said that he hopes that the Supreme Court will "do the right thing and turn this thing down." (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

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Repeal and Replace - At a campaign event in Atlanta on Monday that raised $3 million, Romney vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare if he is elected president. The Republican also said that he hopes that the Supreme Court will "do the right thing and turn this thing down." (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)