Yesterday, President Obama insisted that Democrats who have spent their entire campaign distancing themselves from him are “all folks who vote” with him and “have supported” his agenda. It’s clear that Obama isn’t getting the picture because, when asked how they would respond to a presidential campaign visit, this is how vulnerable Democrats have answered. Via Bloomberg Politics,
Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor:
“I’m not going to invite anyone in from out of state to campaign for me,” Pryor told MSNBC in March. “But if President Obama did decide to come to Arkansas, I would love to take him to rural Arkansas to show him that a lot of the policies that you see coming out of the Beltway just really don’t make sense in rural America.”
Alaska Senator Mark Begich:
“If he comes up there, I’m going to take him up to the arctic, I’m going to show him ANWAR, I’m going to tell him why we need to drill in ANWAR, change his mind on that if I can. Bang him over the head a few times on it,” Begich said on CNN in November. “I’m happy to do it.”
Colorado Senator Mark Udall:
Asked to answer “yes or no” as to whether he’d want Obama on the campaign trail, Udall said he’d have to check his Outlook. “We’ll see what the schedule allows,” he told CNN in July.
Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu:
“The president is more focused on running the country than helping me in my re-election,” Landrieu told reporters in February when asked about the prospect of them campaigning together. (We’d venture that the president is probably aware of this race now that Landrieu has aired TV ads of herself saying that “the administration’s policies are simply wrong when it comes to oil and gas production in this nation.”)
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