美國總統競選在衝刺時刻角逐激烈
U.S. President Barack Obama and his opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are essentially tied in national polls as the presidential campaign enters its last days before Tuesday's election.
The president holds a slight edge in the political battleground states crucial to gaining the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
Both President Obama and Mr. Romney stopped Friday in the key state of Ohio on a day the government reported the jobless rate had risen a tenth of a point to 7.9 percent, but also added 171,000 jobs, beating expectations.
Each candidate had a different take on what the numbers meant. The president said companies in October hired more workers than at any other time in the last eight months. Mr. Romney called the jobless rate "a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill."離星期二的美國選舉日還剩最後幾天。在這決戰時刻，美國總統奧巴馬和他的競爭對手、前麻薩諸塞州州長羅姆尼在全國民調中出現旗鼓相當的對壘局面。
奧巴馬總統在競爭激烈的搖擺州里微幅領先，這些州對奧巴馬獲得270張選舉人票、贏得總統大選至關重要。
奧巴馬和羅姆尼星期五都在關鍵州俄亥俄州做了停留。美國政府就在星期五發布了失業率升至7.9%的報告，雖然失業率上升0.1%，但美國增加了17萬1000個工作，比預期要好。
兩位總統競選人對失業率數字做出不同的解讀。奧巴馬總統說，比起過去8個月以來的任何時候，公司在10月份僱傭了更多人員。與此同時，羅姆尼把失業率稱作是“一個令人難過的提示，顯示美國經濟實際上處於停滯狀態。”
