1.   A person in the crowd asked about how the two candidates would overcome the fiercely partisan relationship between the White House and Congress.

2.   But there is a limit to the amount of political baggage that any candidate can overcome.

3.   For another, he said, Americans generally vote conservative, creating a natural Republican presidential majority that Democratic candidates must overcome to win.

4.   No presidential candidate has ever overcome such a large Labor Day deficit.

5.   No candidate has overcome such a large Labor Day gap since widespread public opinion polling began.

6.   Polls are only snapshots, campaigns are volatile and candidates have overcome longer odds.

7.   Really strong candidates can overcome such resistance.

8.   With the election three weeks away, the question is whether any candidates can overcome a perception that they are out of the running.