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Schumer: Senate Dems will not rubber stamp Obama agenda

By Mike Saccone | Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 01:31 PM

DENVER — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said Colorado and New Mexico voters concerned about a rubber-stamp Senate need not be concerned as they vote in their states’ respective Senate contests.

“Every one of these candidates has exhibited independence,” Schumer said in response to a question from Political Notebook. “No one is just going to do something because President (Barack) Obama asks them to. And on issue after issues these candidates have differed with Obama on certain views.”

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Mark Udall’s opponent, Republican Bob Schaffer, told The Daily Sentinel editorial board last week that single-party rule in Washington is one of the things giving him strength among voters that might not otherwise support him.

*Schumer, Udall photo shot by Political Notebook.

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