Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds said Monday that he hadn’t distanced himself from President Obama, even as senior Democrats in the state complained about the difficult political winds blowing in from across the Potomac River.
“I absolutely did not push the president away,” Deeds said before addressing a vote-rich retirement community in the northern Virginia suburb of Springfield.
With polls showing Deeds trailing by a significant margin to Republican Bob McDonnell just over a week before the election, White House officials and other national Democrats are grumbling about the quality of the state senator’s campaign and some of the steps he has taken to appeal to Virginia’s moderate electorate.
Asked Monday if the White House was happy with the Deeds campaign, Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs pointedly declined to offer a vote of confidence.
“That’s not for me to pass judgment on,” Gibbs said.
As he has been throughout the campaign, Deeds is torn between wanting the assistance of a president who is still very popular with the party base and a Southern Democrat’s fear of being too closely associated with the more liberal national party. He equivocated during a debate when asked if Barack Obama was his kind of Democrat, has opposed the federal energy bill and said he would consider opting out of a public health insurance option. - Politico Story
The last paragraph tells you all you need to know as to why Obama has hung this Democrat out to dry. He doesn't go along with everything Obama wants. We all know that if you are not a yes man to the President, Goodbye. He and his bullies will try and take you down.
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