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No recess for you," Obama said.
• Early Monday, the Obama campaign released a new web video accusing Romney and Ryan of being evasive in their televised appearances Sunday as to which loopholes and deductions they might close. The pair "refused to name even one tax loophole or deduction" that Romney would close to pay for "his $5 trillion in new tax cuts favoring the wealthiest Americans" for fear of political repercussions, the campaign said.
• Obama's campaign said more than 1.1 million people donated to his re-election effort in August, bringing its total number of donors to more than 3 million. The average donation was $58 and 98 percent of those who donated gave $250 or less.
• "The key to fighting back against the special interests writing limitless checks to support Mitt Romney is growing our donor base, and we did that substantially in the month of August," said Jim Messina, Obama's campaign spokesman. Obama reversed a three-month trend at the time he needs it most, having spent heavily over the summer on advertising in an attempt to keep Romney at bay.
• Romney's campaign did not release its total number of donors in August, but said about 94 percent of its donations came from people who gave $250 or less.
• "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are offering bold solutions to our country's problems. That is why we are seeing such tremendous support from donors across the country," Romney's national finance chairman Spencer Zwick and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said in a joint statement.
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