WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama returns to the campaign trail on Thursday, stumping in battlegrounds Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado after being sidelined by Hurricane Sandy. On Wednesday, Obama is touring New Jersey storm damage with Gov. Chris Christie--with the pair the new odd couple of politics.

Subject to change because of the need to deal with Sandy, Obama does an airport stop at Green Bay and then aims at the youth vote with rallies at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the College of South Nevada in North Las Vegas.

Read my column about Obama and Christie--and other developments in the campaign six days out HERE.