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Obama is coming to Boston! [View all]
He will be here to Campaign for Markey, Senate special Election!
Gomez has kept Markey's lead to single digits in most polls of the campaign, but this new poll may indicate that the heavy volley of attacks between the two candidates may be taking a toll on Gomez.
He's been forced by Democrats to answer for a controversial tax deduction he took on his home in 2005, as well as recent fundraising pitches sent by prominent Republicans characterizing his win as key to taking back GOP control of the Senate and obstructing President Obama's agenda.
The president remains popular in Massachusetts, and voters there are wary of the national GOP. Gomez has run as a "new kind of Republican" and pledged to buck his party when necessary, but fundraising pitches from the likes of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have undermined that message to some extent.
Despite the double-digit lead, however, Democrats are taking no chances with their nominee. Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama appeared at a fundraiser for Markey in Boston, and President Obama will hold a fundraiser for Markey next week — something he did for Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee that lost to Republican Scott Brown in the 2010 special.
He's been forced by Democrats to answer for a controversial tax deduction he took on his home in 2005, as well as recent fundraising pitches sent by prominent Republicans characterizing his win as key to taking back GOP control of the Senate and obstructing President Obama's agenda.
The president remains popular in Massachusetts, and voters there are wary of the national GOP. Gomez has run as a "new kind of Republican" and pledged to buck his party when necessary, but fundraising pitches from the likes of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have undermined that message to some extent.
Despite the double-digit lead, however, Democrats are taking no chances with their nominee. Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama appeared at a fundraiser for Markey in Boston, and President Obama will hold a fundraiser for Markey next week — something he did for Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee that lost to Republican Scott Brown in the 2010 special.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/303453-as-markey-expands-polling-lead-obama-plans-boston-fundraiser#ixzz2Vm3dYtKe
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