Obama Stumps for McAuliffe With as Much to Gain as Give
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Dragged down by the flawed rollout of his health care expansion and revelations about the National Security Agency’s spy programs, President Barack Obama is looking for a rebound on the campaign trail.
At a rally this afternoon in Northern Virginia for the gubernatorial campaign of Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who’s leading in polls before voters cast ballots on Nov. 5, Obama sought to align himself with a victory and underscore the political shift in a once reliably Republican state.