Obama Web Site Seeks to Rally The Faithful

-- Perry Bacon Jr.

FEC Says Kerry Overspent

The Federal Election Commission has told Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to pay the federal Treasury more than $1.2 million as a result of overspending uncovered during an audit of his 2004 presidential campaign.

The campaign was bound by strict spending limits because it accepted $74.6 million in federal money during the general election. The campaign is entitled to an administrative appeal, and it will follow that course, said attorney Marc Elias. "The FEC's ruling sets the stage for the next point in the process," Elias said. "We won't be writing a check anytime soon."

-- Matthew Mosk

Clinton Fires Back at Romney

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign responded sharply to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's claim that the former first lady "wouldn't even get elected in France."

"Her view is the old, classic, European caricature that we describe of big government, big taxation, welfare state," Romney (R) said in a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday.

The Clinton campaign quickly dismissed his remarks. "Given his willingness to flip-flop, by tomorrow, Governor Romney will be speaking French, wearing a beret, and heading up Frenchmen for Hillary," campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said.

-- Perry Bacon Jr.