{"id":13931,"date":"2016-10-24T08:05:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13931"},"modified":"2016-10-24T08:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:05:13","slug":"obama-turns-focus-on-senate-races-as-he-campaigns-for-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/elections\/obama-turns-focus-on-senate-races-as-he-campaigns-for-clinton.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Turns Focus On Senate Races As He Campaigns For Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama Turns Focus On Senate Races As He Campaigns For Clinton<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Obama Turns Focus On Senate Races As He Campaigns For Clinton:-<\/strong> President Barack Obama on Sunday campaigned in the battleground state of Nevada for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate he wants to succeed him in the White House – but he spent most of his time talking about the state\u2019s Senate race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats badly want to get back control of the Republican-controlled Senate in the Nov. 8 election, and are sending Obama, Michelle Obama and Joe Biden to states where close races could tip the balance.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Nevada, Obama reserved most of his firepower for mocking three-term Republican U.S. Representative Joe Heck, who had supported his party\u2019s presidential candidate until earlier this month when Donald Trump\u2019s campaign went into crisis mode by the release of a video in which he lewdly bragged about groping and kissing women.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI understand Joe Heck now wishes he never said those things about Donald Trump, but they\u2019re on tape, they\u2019re on the record,\u201d Obama said, using Heck\u2019s earlier praise of Trump against him.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was Obama\u2019s second consecutive campaign rally where he spent as much time talking about the Senate as he did about Clinton\u2019s race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three days ago, Obama excoriated Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida – who has a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, a congressman – for failing to repudiate Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama won Nevada in 2008 and 2012. Polls show Clinton with a 4.2 percentage point lead at 45.4 percent support to Trump\u2019s 41.3 percent, according to the RealClearPolitics average.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nevada Senate seat is the only Senate race this year that Republicans could flip to their control. The seat has long been held by Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, who is retiring.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama was introduced by the Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto, a two-term Nevada attorney general, who would be the first Latina elected to the U.S Senate if she wins.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t elect Hillary and then saddle her with a Congress that is do-nothing, won\u2019t even try to do something,\u201d Obama said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cortez Masto currently has a slim 2.3 percentage point lead in an average of polls tracked by RealClearPolitics over Heck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reid has complained that \u201coutside money\u201d from his long-time foes Charles and David Koch has poured into the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHer opponent\u2019s going to have Koch brothers on line one and Donald Trump on line two,\u201d Obama said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the final two weeks leading up to Nov. 8, Clinton said she planned to work hard to support congressional and state races.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be emphasizing the importance of electing Democrats down the ballot,\u201d Clinton told reporters traveling with her on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama has so far recorded television and radio ads for 17 Democratic candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and a Democratic official said more are still to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has also taped ads for candidates in three gubernatorial races, and endorsed about 150 candidates in state legislative races.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama has headlined rallies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida and North Carolina – and will head back to Florida on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/obama-turns-focus-on-senate-races-as-he-campaigns-for-clinton_us_580d8254e4b0a03911ed6f67<\/span><\/p>\n

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