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Election Watch: A Warning Sign for Dems?
ABCNews -- President Obama and his team are hoping to avoid going 0 for 3 today as elections take place in several key states and districts. The most pressing immediate political impact of a shutout may be some tougher-to-woo moderate Democratic votes on health care reform precisely at the same time the White House is looking to get this major legislative priority signed into law and off the president's desk. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has started downplaying any notion that the results today may provide some measurement of the political health of the Obama administration. "I don't believe that local elections in Virginia and New Jersey portend a lot about legislative success or political success in the future. I just don't," Gibbs...
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11.24.09 - Updated 4:36am ET
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