Mark Udall skipping Obama fundraiser for his campaign - Associated Press - POLITICO.com
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 7/9/14 11:58 AM EDT
DENVER — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will headline his first fundraiser for a Senate Democrat in danger of losing this fall — but the candidate, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, won’t be by his side.
In a last minute switch, Udall’s campaign says the senator plans to stay in Washington to vote on Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The decision is likely to spark new questions about the political risks for vulnerable Democrats in being linked with an increasingly unpopular president.....
Udall had already been planning to limit his appearances with the president. The fundraiser is off limits to news cameras. And Udall’s campaign announced earlier in the week that the senator would not attend the president’s economic speech in Denver Wednesday morning, ensuring that there would be no photos of the two men together.
DENVER — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will headline his first fundraiser for a Senate Democrat in danger of losing this fall — but the candidate, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, won’t be by his side.
In a last minute switch, Udall’s campaign says the senator plans to stay in Washington to vote on Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The decision is likely to spark new questions about the political risks for vulnerable Democrats in being linked with an increasingly unpopular president.....
Udall had already been planning to limit his appearances with the president. The fundraiser is off limits to news cameras. And Udall’s campaign announced earlier in the week that the senator would not attend the president’s economic speech in Denver Wednesday morning, ensuring that there would be no photos of the two men together.
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