Romney raises $170m in September as campaign receives pre-debate boost

Record fundraising haul comes as Obama campaign promises more combative president for Tuesday's debate in Long Island Mitt Romney received a major boost on the eve of the second presidential debate when his team announced he had raised $170m in campaign donations in September, putting the 2012 election well on course to be the costliest ever. Romney's haul is $11m less than Obama took in over the same period. But the strong fundraising effort by Romney and the Republican party is notable because...