Thursday, October 28, 2010

Obama Campaigns in Virginia for Perriello Oct. 29

Obama will speak at the Charlottesville Pavilion at 7:35 pm eastern.
Virginia Rep. Tom Perriello, one of this year’s most endangered House Democrats, is getting something that no other Congressional candidate has received this year: an exclusive, public visit from President Barack Obama.

The president will travel to Charlottesville, Va. on Oct. 29 to campaign for the freshman Democrat who has been a key White House ally in Congress.

Perriello is battling Republican state Sen. Robert Hurt to hold onto his seat in the state’s fifth district, which Sen. John McCain carried in 2008 even though Obama won Virginia. More at abc