Has Sandy saved President Obama?

This US Air Force photo shows an aerial view of the rollercoaster from the Seaside Heights amusement park on the New Jersey shore submerged in surf

Has Sandy saved President Obama? Comforter-in-chief takes center stage in Atlantic City (while Romney is left on sidelines)

• President takes one-hour helicopter tour over Atlantic Coast, viewing flooded homes and wrecked buildings
• Superstorm Sandy has claimed lives of at least 76 people on East Coast with New Jersey and NYC badly affected
• Obama skipped campaigning in battleground states in favour of visit to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's state
• Gov Christie: 'We've got a big task ahead of us that we have to do together. This is what New Jerseyans are built for'
• Obama will return to campaign trail today with trips to Green Bay, Wisconsin; Boulder, Colorado;and Las Vegas

President Obama took time out from the campaign trail yesterday to visit a stretch of the devastated New Jersey coast and take on a role of comforter-in-chief that could be a major boost to his hopes of re-election next week.
The President was accompanied by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican bruiser and Mitt Romney backer who showered him with effusive praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, giving President Obama a bipartisan sheen that aides believe could help him secure victory on Tuesday. 
Leaving Republican presidential candidate Mr Romney on the sidelines holding campaign events in Florida in which he had to pull his punches and barely featured on TV, President Obama travelled to Atlantic City in New Jersey to get an aerial view of the widespread damage caused by the storm.