Clinton, Obama to Swoop into PA for Sestak Again
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In his attempt to pull off an upset victory over Republican former Rep. Pat Toomey in the Pennsylvania Senate race, Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak is packing his schedule with appearances across the state and will be joined again by President Clinton and President Obama.
On Thursday, Sestak plans several retail events in Philadelphia, where he'll be joined later by President Clinton for three rallies. The Clinton events are all designed to turn out young voters on college campuses. Sestak and Clinton will appear together at Bryn Mawr College, Cheyney University and Temple University.
This weekend, President Obama will also head to Temple University, where he's appeared several times in the last two months.
A statement from the Democratic National Committee today noted, "The canvass kickoff...will be the first event of the GOTV weekend the president will hold before Election Day on Nov. 2nd."
Sestak is not simply limiting his event schedule to turnout activities, however. He's also continuing to focus on events oriented toward small business.
Sestak stopped in Reading, Allentown and Doylestown earlier today for visits to small businesses. He also met with workers from the Visteon auto parts plant, which closed recently.
This evening, Sestak is holding a pair of rallies in Philadelphia.
Toomey plans to visit 17 counties this week as he travels the state for what he's calling his "More Jobs, Less Government" tour.
Sestak pulled even with Toomey in some public polling this month, but Toomey has begun to turn the surveys around again. He leads Sestak by 3.2 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
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