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Cash-Strapped Obama Turns Down Dem Senators

Sen. Barack Obama has turned down a request from the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee to help Democrats increase their majority in the Senate in the fall elections. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) asked Obama to share some of the money he has raised for the presidential campaign with Democratic Senate candidates in states with closely contested races. But Obama, who decided in the spring to forgo public financing of his presidential bid, becoming the first candidate to do so, cannot afford to let go of any of his campaign's resources. This is especially true now that he trails ...

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