Obama to Massachusetts: Future of Agenda Rests On Kennedy's Senate Seat

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Patricia Murphy

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President Obama will not be campaigning with the Democratic candidate in the Massachusetts Senate race, but he has recorded a message for Martha Coakley, asking his supporters to volunteer, knock on doors, text and tweet to help her win the special election on Tuesday.

In the two-minute video, Obama puts the election in a national context, saying the race will determine the future of his agenda, including health care reform and banking reform. "It's clear now that the outcome of these and other fights will probably come down to just one vote in the United States Senate," he says. "That's why what happens Tuesday in Massachusetts is so important."

Of Coakley, Obama says, "She'll be your voice and my ally."

Coakley is being challenged by Republican state Sen. Scott Brown in the race to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

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Filed Under: Senate, The Capitolist, 2010 Elections, Video

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