On the Trail: June 5

Campaign dollars and gaffes littered the presidential trail.

Ups and Downs of the Campaign Trail - In between glamorous fundraisers with the rich and famous, President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney continue their relentless attacks on each other's economic records. Although it's still early days, those attacks are coming at such a warp speed the campaigns are beginning to trip over themselves. —Joyce Jones(Photos: REUTERS/Larry Downing; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Ups and Downs of the Campaign Trail - In between glamorous fundraisers with the rich and famous, President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney continue their relentless attacks on each other's economic records. Although it's still early days, those attacks are coming at such a warp speed the campaigns are beginning to trip over themselves. —Joyce Jones(Photos: REUTERS/Larry Downing; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Amercia the Beautiful - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign last week introduced a new “I'm with Mitt” iPhone app that allows supporters to post photos of themselves with premade banners. In the initial rollout, however, one banner included a major typographical error, misspelling "America" as "Amercia." It has since been corrected, and as Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul noted, "Mistakes happen." (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Amercia the Beautiful - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign last week introduced a new “I'm with Mitt” iPhone app that allows supporters to post photos of themselves with premade banners. In the initial rollout, however, one banner included a major typographical error, misspelling "America" as "Amercia." It has since been corrected, and as Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul noted, "Mistakes happen." (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Oops! - In a speech delivered to a group of donors in New York, President Obama mixed up his Romneys. “We are not going back to a set of policies that say you’re on your own and that’s essentially the theory of the other side. You know, George Romney,” Obama said. "Wrong guy," he added after realizing his mistake. Mitt Romney's father George served as governor of Michigan and launched an unsuccessful White House bid in 1968.(Photo: EPA/JUSTIN LANE/Landov)

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Oops! - In a speech delivered to a group of donors in New York, President Obama mixed up his Romneys. “We are not going back to a set of policies that say you’re on your own and that’s essentially the theory of the other side. You know, George Romney,” Obama said. "Wrong guy," he added after realizing his mistake. Mitt Romney's father George served as governor of Michigan and launched an unsuccessful White House bid in 1968.(Photo: EPA/JUSTIN LANE/Landov)

O, No. - President Obama's re-election campaign has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a website selling campaign paraphernalia featuring the signature "O" logo, with the "rising sun," and the 2010 logo that includes the letter "O." According to the lawsuit, "The campaign is being harmed by the sale of competing products. It also takes away money from the sale of campaign merchandise that could help fill the campaign's coffers. The owner of the Demstore.com site expressed disappointment and said, "We have always cooperatively worked with Democratic campaigns." (Photo: Courtesy Demstore.com)

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O, No. - President Obama's re-election campaign has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a website selling campaign paraphernalia featuring the signature "O" logo, with the "rising sun," and the 2010 logo that includes the letter "O." According to the lawsuit, "The campaign is being harmed by the sale of competing products. It also takes away money from the sale of campaign merchandise that could help fill the campaign's coffers. The owner of the Demstore.com site expressed disappointment and said, "We have always cooperatively worked with Democratic campaigns." (Photo: Courtesy Demstore.com)

Rice for Romney - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice formally endorsed Mitt Romney two days after he clinched the Republican presidential nomination. “If America is going to rebuild its strength at home, rebuild its sense of who we are, it needs a leader that also understands how really exceptional the United States of America is and is not afraid to lead on the basis of that exceptionalism,” she said at a California fundraiser. “The only thing that people dislike more than unilateral American leadership is no American leadership at all.”(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Rice for Romney - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice formally endorsed Mitt Romney two days after he clinched the Republican presidential nomination. “If America is going to rebuild its strength at home, rebuild its sense of who we are, it needs a leader that also understands how really exceptional the United States of America is and is not afraid to lead on the basis of that exceptionalism,” she said at a California fundraiser. “The only thing that people dislike more than unilateral American leadership is no American leadership at all.”(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Obama and the City - The Obama re-election campaign launched its first national television ad that debuted during the MTV Movie Awards on June 3, featuring Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker. "The guy who ended the war in Iraq, the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want and the guy who created four million new jobs — that guy — President Obama and Michelle are coming to my house for dinner on June 14," says Parker in the ad. (Photo: Courtesy Obama For America)

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Obama and the City - The Obama re-election campaign launched its first national television ad that debuted during the MTV Movie Awards on June 3, featuring Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker. "The guy who ended the war in Iraq, the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want and the guy who created four million new jobs — that guy — President Obama and Michelle are coming to my house for dinner on June 14," says Parker in the ad. (Photo: Courtesy Obama For America)

Mass. Attack - Obama's campaign strategy of going after rival Mitt Romney's tenure at the venture capital firm Bain Capital has drawn criticisms from Republicans and Democrats alike. Now Chicago is going after the presidential hopeful’s time as governor of Massachusetts. "Romney campaigned for governor on the promises of more jobs, decreased debt and smaller government," Obama senior adviser David Axelrod wrote in a detailed memo last week. "When he left office, however, state debt had increased, the size of government had grown, and over his four years, Massachusetts' record of job creation was among the worst in the nation." A new ad titled “Heard It Before" also goes after Romney's economic record in the Bay State.(Photo: Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Ann and Robert H. Lurie Hospital of Chicago)

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Mass. Attack - Obama's campaign strategy of going after rival Mitt Romney's tenure at the venture capital firm Bain Capital has drawn criticisms from Republicans and Democrats alike. Now Chicago is going after the presidential hopeful’s time as governor of Massachusetts. "Romney campaigned for governor on the promises of more jobs, decreased debt and smaller government," Obama senior adviser David Axelrod wrote in a detailed memo last week. "When he left office, however, state debt had increased, the size of government had grown, and over his four years, Massachusetts' record of job creation was among the worst in the nation." A new ad titled “Heard It Before" also goes after Romney's economic record in the Bay State.(Photo: Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Ann and Robert H. Lurie Hospital of Chicago)

Sauce for the Goose - In a bizarre admission, Romney acknowledged his campaign sent hecklers to Boston last week to disrupt a rally led by Obama campaign senior strategist David Axelrod to highlight Romney's economic record as governor. “Most of the events I go to, or many of the events I go to, there are large groups of, if you will, Obama supporters there heckling me,” Romney told reporters, even though there is no evidence of that. “And at some point you say, ‘You know what, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.’ If they’re going to be heckling us, why we’re not going to sit back and play by very different rules.”(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Sauce for the Goose - In a bizarre admission, Romney acknowledged his campaign sent hecklers to Boston last week to disrupt a rally led by Obama campaign senior strategist David Axelrod to highlight Romney's economic record as governor. “Most of the events I go to, or many of the events I go to, there are large groups of, if you will, Obama supporters there heckling me,” Romney told reporters, even though there is no evidence of that. “And at some point you say, ‘You know what, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.’ If they’re going to be heckling us, why we’re not going to sit back and play by very different rules.”(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Vogue - Anna Wintour, longtime editor of Vogue, will co-host a fundraising dinner for President Obama at the home of actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. The Republican National Committee launched an online video contrasting a Web ad announcing Wintour's participation in the posh event with last week's disappointing jobs report. "There couldn't be a better demonstration of this president's misplaced priorities than a glitzy fundraising video release on the same day that marked more unemployed Americans," said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. But was it any glitzier than Romney's Sin City fundraiser last week featuring business mogul Donald Trump? (Photo: Courtesy Republican National Committtee)

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Vogue - Anna Wintour, longtime editor of Vogue, will co-host a fundraising dinner for President Obama at the home of actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. The Republican National Committee launched an online video contrasting a Web ad announcing Wintour's participation in the posh event with last week's disappointing jobs report. "There couldn't be a better demonstration of this president's misplaced priorities than a glitzy fundraising video release on the same day that marked more unemployed Americans," said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. But was it any glitzier than Romney's Sin City fundraiser last week featuring business mogul Donald Trump? (Photo: Courtesy Republican National Committtee)