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A couple weeks ago, President Obama declared that, while he wasn't on the Nov. 4 ballot, his policies were. And just about every GOP candidate in a red or swing state soon launched an ad using that comment to tie his or herDemocratic opponent to Obama.

Well, Obama appears to have just handed Republicanssome more ammunition.

In an interview with Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday, Obama defended his support for candidates in top races who haven't welcomed Obama to campaign with them.

"The bottom line is, though, these are are all folks who vote with me; they have supported my agenda in Congress," Obama said.

He continued: "So this isn't about my feelings being hurt. These are folks who are strong allies and supporters of me. I tell them -- I said, you do what you need to do to win. I will be responsible for making sure that our voters turn out."

While it's the second time Obama has gone down this road, this comment probably stings more than the last one for Democrats running in key Senate races -- almost all of which are in red or swing states where Obama is quiteunpopular.

While Obama's previous comment suggested the election was indeed something of a referendum on him, these comments suggest not only that, but thatDemocratic candidates are actually on-board with him -- something most of them have made pains to argue is not the case.

Obama's commentsare the kind of thing Democrats might privately say to assure donors and the party base, but wouldn't really say in public.

At the same time, he's really only saying something that most political observers already believeto be true -- that however much distance these Democrats are seeking from the president, they will generally be on-board with his agenda. Almost all Democrats in Congress, after all, vote with their party the vast majority of the time.

It's just that two weeks before an election in states in which Obama isn't all that popular,Democratic candidates probably don't want voters to be reminded of that fact.

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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Latest Infectious Disease News

FRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- President Barack Obama on Friday appointed Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a trusted White House adviser, as Ebola "czar."

His role: to oversee the federal government's response to the small but anxiety-producing presence of the often lethal virus in the United States.

Klain has been out of public service since leaving Biden's office during Obama's first term. The White House said Klain would report to national security adviser Susan Rice and to homeland security and counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco, the Associated Press reported.

A lawyer, Klain also served as chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore.

Klain gained a reputation for skillful handling of high-stakes political challenges. For instance, he was the lead Democratic lawyer for Gore during the 2000 presidential election recount dispute, The New York Times reported.

On Thursday evening, Obama said "it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person [to oversee the Ebola response], not because they [federal health officials] haven't been doing an outstanding job, really working hard on this issue, but they are also responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff."

Obama said he was considering such a move "just to make sure that we are crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's going forward."

Obama's comments came several hours after a Congressional subcommittee hearing where top federal health officials faced tough questions about their response to Ebola infections in the United States. The officials also defended their opposition to a ban on travelers from the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the sites of the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

To date, there has been one death and two infections from Ebola in the United States. The deceased was a native of Liberia who became infected in his home country before arriving in Dallas last month to visit relatives. The two infections involved two nurses at the Dallas hospital who helped treat the Liberian man.

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Washington An apparently jealous man on Monday warned President Obama to stay away from his fiance.

No, we are not making this up. It is actual news. Mr. Obama was casting his vote early at a Chicago polling station (more on that later) when a local man named Mike Jones walked by and said, Mr. President, dont touch my girlfriend.

He was kidding, we think. CNN caught the whole thing on tape, so you can judge for yourself. Obama may have been surprised but he appeared take the warning with aplomb.

I really wasnt planning on it, he replied, while continuing to mark off his ballot at the stand-up voting machine.

The woman in question, Aia Cooper was understandably mortified. She was voting next to Obama, which is why Mr. Jones got involved in the first place.

I am sorry, please excuse him, she said.

Obama said it was an example of a brother just embarrassing me for no reason. Then he went into a riff in which he predicted what Ms. Cooper would say when she went home and told her friends and family about the incident.

I cant believe Mike, hes such a fool, Obama said Cooper would say.

Fortunately, the president was nice about it, he said, imitating Cooper.

At the end Obama went up to her and said that given what had gone on they had to give folks something to talk about, and kissed her on the cheek.

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