Obama : 2012 campaign will be tougher than four years ago . The president says : `` 2008 , in some ways , was lightning in a bottle '' the country went from being on top of the world to feeling like it had fallen off a cliff Mitt Romney and Obama are in a virtual tie , a recent poll shows .
Obama : 2012 campaign will be tougher than four years ago . The president says : `` 2008 , in some ways , was lightning in a bottle '' A California fundraiser delivers $ 15 million . Mitt Romney and Obama are in a virtual tie , a recent poll shows .