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Obama Refuses to Campaign for Democrats Who Vote No on Health Care

Submitted by HPI on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 21:40

The gloves are off
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Barack Obama is battling to save US health care reform

The president will refuse to make fund-raising visits during November elections to any district whose representative has not backed the bill.

A one-night presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds which would otherwise take months to accumulate through cold-calling by campaign volunteers.

Read more . . . [The Daily Telegraph] (U.K.)

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