Campaign photo diary: Playing president

Obama staffers prep the president's stage — and more revealing moments on the trail

Playing president
(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama campaign staff prepare the stage for the president's July 5 event at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio. Obama, who traveled by bus through Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania for his ''Betting on America'' campaign tour, talked up his administration's efforts to improve the economy by creating manufacturing jobs and rescuing the auto industry.

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