President Barack Obama will campaign Sunday for an embattled Democrat looking for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat in Massachusetts, a Senate race that could alter the balance of power on Capitol Hill; the election is Tuesday.
Massachusetts Democratic nominee Martha Coakley is facing a tougher than expected encounter against Republican candidate Scott Brown; White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said the president will campaign for Coakley in Boston on Sunday.
The 60th Democratic caucus place in the Senate, and the magic number required blocking any Republican filibuster, and falling below 60 votes would make problems Obama’s legislative strategy on a number of issues including health care bills.
Earlier this week White House officials said President had no plans to campaign in Massachusetts; what changed? Gibbs said, “He got invited”.
The health care bill issue should help Coakley, he added, “The president sees a pretty clear distinction between a candidate in Martha Coakley who’s going to fight for Massachusetts, and a candidate on the other side who feels comfortable fighting for the insurance industry and big banks”.
Gibbs rejected proposals that the closeness of the Senate race in Massachusetts, one of the bluest states in the nation that reflects dissatisfaction with the agenda of Obama and the Democrats; “We’re not on the ballot”, in Massachusetts, he said.
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