Choke it down, vote for Bob: Obama makes a New Jersey robocall, but doesn't say Menendez's name
by Philip Wegmann
| November 05, 2018 08:24 PM
Former President Barack Obama recorded a robocall to remind more than 200,000 Democratic households in New Jersey to get to the polls. But Obama didn’t mention the most vulnerable candidate on the ballot. He wouldn’t say the name of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.
“This is one of the most important elections of our lifetime,†Obama says on the recording before Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., takes over to serve up more boilerplate.
Though meager, Menendez is lucky even to get those bare bones. The former president and the indicted senator are not on good terms. It’s not just that the Obama Department of Justice slapped the senator with federal corruption charges. More acrimony came from Menendez leading an all-out revolt against the Iran nuclear deal as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
After accusing Obama of taking talking points “straight out of Tehran†and partnering with former Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., to impose new sanctions on Iran, Menendez told the New York Times, “I don't get calls from the White House†anymore. All of this made Menendez what CNN would describe as “the White House’s least favorite Dem.â€
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