Posted on 06/26/2014 9:18:04 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama headed to Minneapolis on Thursday, the first stop in series of summer road trips where he will aim to spend a "day in the life" of an ordinary American and persuade voters that the White House understands their challenges.
The trip is also aimed at reconnecting Obama with Democrats ahead of midterm elections where Republicans stand a good chance of taking control of the Senate, jeopardizing the chance to accomplish goals for his last two years in office.
Obama will have lunch with Rebekah Erler, an accountant in St. Paul with two young sons who told CBS Minnesota she struggles to pay the bills.
Erler, whose LinkedIn profile shows she was once a field organizer for Democratic Senator Patty Murray, wrote to Obama earlier this year to express her frustrations about the economy.
"We live, you know, a pretty modest lifestyle. We budget, we clip coupons, we shop at two grocery stores because we know what costs less, where," Erler said in the interview with CBS Minnesota ahead of the visit.
Obama will hold a town hall meeting with invited guests on Thursday, and on Friday will give a speech on the economy.
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Good luck with that... I know how much fun those are!!
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