Posted on 01/31/2014 4:34:43 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Spooked by President Barack Obama’s low approval ratings, some of his fellow Democrats in tough November election races have begun their campaigns by distancing themselves from the White House and asserting their independence from Obama’s policies.
In what amounts to a survival-first strategy among embattled Democrats crucial to the party’s effort to keep control of the Senate, some candidates in conservative states Obama lost in 2012 are aggressively criticising his health care, energy and regulatory policies.
The group includes three incumbent senators, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska, as well as Natalie Tennant, who is seeking to replace retiring Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.
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The headline writer is racist. < /sarcasm>
The pubbies could be running with the fact that practically NO Dim up for re-election will stand with 0 or 0sCare. But, no!! They have to help pass Amnesty!
Really, distancing themselves from Obama’s policies? After they vote for almost everything he wanted. Certainly for everything bad for America. Then the smarmy Polosi and gang strutting around DC trying to provoke an incident. Distancing themselves from O’s policies, yeah right.
There are a lot of those. As far as I can tell we have been aborting all the smart babies.
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