President Obama could be in danger of suffering another embarrassing political loss Tuesday, as the candidate he backed for U.S. Senate in Colorado is locked in a tight race against former state House speaker Andrew Romanoff.Obama has campaigned aggressively for Sen. Michael Bennet, a political unknown appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2009 by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter after the White House tapped then-Sen. Ken Salazar to serve as interior secretary. The president traveled to Denver earlier this year to campaign for Bennet, whom he has called "the person that I want alongside me," and starred in a television advertisement touting the former businessman's record.
But the latest poll shows Bennet slightly trailing Romanoff, raising questions about Obama’s effectiveness in a state he won by almost nine points in the 2008 presidential election. Adding to the drama, former President Bill Clinton on Monday urged Colorado voters in a telephone call to cast their votes for Romanoff – not Bennet – in Tuesday’s primary election. – More -
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