Subject: White House Bracing for Specter Loss
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:45:25 -0400

White House Bracing for Specter Loss
We noted earlier that President Obama declined over the weekend to make a last minute campaign appearance for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) in his tough primary fight against Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA).

In an interview with WKYW-TV, CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer said, "I have been told on background that the White House is preparing for a Specter loss here, and that the president doesn't want to be associated with that."

Greg Sargent: "I've also learned that Veep Joe Biden will not be doing any campaign events for Specter in the final stretch, though it's not immediately clear how significant this is. Last week Biden said he'd be doing events for Specter 'as needed.'"

However, an unnamed senior White House aide tells the Daily Beast, that Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell "says Specter will win and win comfortably. And I never bet against Rendell."

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