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Biden fundraises for Sen. McCaskill in Missouri
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07/09/12 05:24 PM ET
Vice President Joe Biden voiced the administration’s strong support for Sen. Claire McCaskill (R-Mo.) at a private fundraiser in Kansas City, Mo. on Monday, calling her the “toughest, most principled person in the United States Senate.”
“I’m a strong, strong ally of hers,” Biden said at the event, according to a pool report forwarded by the White House. “She knows who she is and what she believes in, and she’s willing to take risks to fight for what she believes in.”
Diners paid a minimum of $500 to attend the event in support of the re-election of McCaskill, according to the pool report, but her campaign did not release information on how much was raised.
Biden’s presence at the event underlined President Obama’s support for McCaskill’s re-election. McCaskill took some heat earlier this month when news broke that she planned to skip the Democratic National Convention, with critics suggesting she was trying to avoid being tied too closely to the president. But McCaskill said Obama approved of her decision, calling it the “right thing to do.”
The Missouri Republican Party was happy to tie McCaskill to the Obama administration, noting in a statement from Executive Director Lloyd Smith that she “cast the deciding vote to force Obamacare on the nation and Missouri, and she has voted with the president 95 percent of the time since 2010.”
McCaskill is a top target this year and big money is flooding her state to oppose her reelection. She will face one of three Republicans — Rep. Todd Akin, John Brunner and Sarah Steelman — vying for the nomination in the Aug. 7 Missouri primary.
The Hill rates the race as a "toss-up."
Updated at 7:56 p.m.
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