REPUBLICANS 'GOTTA SIT IN THE BACK'

Obama assails GOP on clouded final campaign push

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent David Espo, Ap Special Correspondent – Mon Oct 25, 7:05 pm ET

WOONSOCKET, R.I. – President Barack Obama attacked Republicans with gusto Monday as he plunged into a final week of midterm election campaigning, but his party's prognosis remained darkened by the feeble economy and his itinerary was designed largely to minimize losses.

Nor was his greeting totally friendly in Rhode Island where Obama has pointedly declined to endorse his party's candidate for governor.