President Obama is on a three-day swing through Nevada, California and Colorado, where he is promoting economic initiatives and attending campaign events. Sounding more wistful than in the past, he said in remarks at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Oct. 24, “That old ‘Hope’ poster is fading. It’s getting dog-eared along the edges there. But I just want to remind all of you that we never said this was going to be easy. We never said that change was going to happen overnight.”