US Election: Superstorm Boost For Obama

Barack Obama is returning to the presidential campaign trail after spending the last few days dealing with the aftermath of Monday's deadly superstorm Sandy.

With the election this Tuesday, Democrat Mr Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who tempered his criticism of his rival for three days, are locked in a race so tight that both sides are predicting victory.

The states worst hit by the storm were New York and New Jersey, both believed to be safe Democrat seats - but how Mr Obama managed the disaster could help him elsewhere, in so-called swing states.

A new poll for the Washington Post has suggested nearly eight out of 10 voters said the president had done an "excellent" or "good" job dealing with Sandy.

Almost as many gave positive reviews to the federal government's response generally, and even two-thirds of those who support Mr Romney said Mr Obama was doing well in this area.

Polls show Mr Obama has a slight edge in nine key "battleground" states that are neither reliably Republican nor Democratic.

The president's advisers have insisted his break from campaigning while managing the federal response to the superstorm had minimal impact on his standing.

If anything, it gave him a chance to offer the type of comfort and command in a crisis that only a president can deliver.

Mitt Romney helps pack donated goods for superstorm Sandy victims

Mr Obama, who joined Republican New Jersey governor Chris Christie to assess the storm damage, is due to attend rallies in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado.

The PR expert and New Yorker, Bob Leaf, told Sky News: "There's no question Obama has gained from it (the storm).

He pointed to "the fact Chris Christie, who was anti-Obama, went on TV saying what a great job he was doing, which alienated a lot of Romney supporters".

Mr Leaf added: "He's handled it well. In crises, if you do it well there is no question that it's got to help you in the public mind especially with a lot of undecided voters.

"It puts Romney in a corner. There is nothing that Romney is doing badly... but he cannot attack the president."

The president's spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said while he remains focused on the storm recovery, he will return to campaigning to make the case to the American people on why they should return him to the White House for four more years.

The storm created headaches for Mr Romney, diverting the public's attention away from the campaign as he was trying to build momentum.

Ahead of events in Virginia, Mr Romney released a web video highlighting a decades-old barbecue chain in Richmond that is closing.

"When President Obama took office there was a lot of hope that things were going to change. Well, he didn't change anything," a woman connected to the business said in the video.

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