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Romney and running mate Paul Ryan hold a campaign rally in North Canton, Ohio, October 26/AFP

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US presidential race clouded by looming storm

With just 10 days to go until Americans go to the polls, the candidates are readying cross-country travel blitzes to hammer home their well-worn messages.

“We face big challenges. We have big opportunities. And I know this is a big election,” Romney told an enthusiastic crowd in Pensacola, Florida, a town with deep military connections.

“Four years ago, then candidate Barack Obama spoke about big things. But now he is reduced to talking about small things. He is shrinking from the magnitude of the times,” said Romney, who has two more stops in Florida today, near Orlando and near Tampa.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki accused Romney of engaging in “bluff and bluster,” telling reporters traveling with the president: “Facts are not their forte.”

Meanwhile, the government released data Friday showing economic growth picked up steam in the third quarter, reaching an annual pace of 2.0 percent.

The rate was a little better than had been expected but Romney called the news “discouraging,” saying growth was less than half what had been predicted by the White House when it passed the 2009 stimulus bill.

Obama spent Friday back in Washington after his own 40-hour, eight-state tour, in which he asked Americans to defy the omens of a weak economy and high unemployment by voting for his re-election.

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