Marshall tried to swing the puck along the boards.

WSJ: Jesse Root lifts Yale past Minnesota in OT

After a third-place finish in Iowa stunned her campaign, the former president shifted from chief optimist to attack dog, with remarks that drew fire from many African-American leaders and alienated much of that community -- along with moderate swing voters.

CNN: Analysis: Why Clinton's bid failed

That doesn't include sales of its Office desktop software, which are lumped into the Business Division along with enterprise software, and swing with Windows.

FORBES: Earnings Alert

New Mexico, which has the highest share (almost half) of Latinos of any state in the country, is, along with Colorado and Nevada, an important swing state for 2012.

ECONOMIST: New Mexico��s governor

One possibility is that the jet streams that normally hit the west coast straight on will instead swing up into Alaska and dive down the coast, bringing along cold arctic winds with it.

CNN: La Nina spawns extreme weather

The campaign announced that Obama will spend several days next week in Tampa, Florida -- a spot along the Interstate 4 corridor that is considered a crucial swing vote region for both candidates -- prepping for Friday's first presidential debate.

CNN: Obama hammers McCain over Social Security

And in an election where swing state percentage gaps between the two candidates were in the single digits, even the slimmest gains along the margins loomed large.

CNN: Analysis: Obama won with a better ground game