Obama raises funds for Reid in Vegas

From: The Washington Times | May 26, 2009 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hours after exercising a cherished presidential right Tuesday — naming a Supreme Court nominee — Barack Obama engaged in one of the office’s grubbier traditions: raising money for an embattled lawmaker. The president launched a two-day, three-stop Western trip that will devote more time to fundraising than to public policy. At Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Obama headlined an evening fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat whose home-state popularity has sagged in recent polls. “Harry is somebody who has consistently fought on those issues that matter not just to Democrats but to …

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