Sen. Mary Landrieu Is Keeping Her Distance From Obama
by Marc Ambinder (excerpt)

THE ATLANTIC

Last Thursday, an automated Google search for "Mary Landrieu," produced a link to a page on Obama;'s website touting an upcoming Washington, D.C fundraiser for Obama. An aide to John Kennedy, Landrieu's Republican challenger, sent it to reporters. Just two hours later, the link went down, only to reappear with Landrieu's name removed without notice.

Co-hosting presidential fundraisers are among the most vetted events on any politician's calendars - sitting senators don't "accidentally" let themselves get listed as a co-host for a presidential fundraiser. So far as I am aware, Landrieu has not attended a political event with Obama.

A Landrieu spokesman e-mails:

The Obama event is part of a day-long series of DNC events focused on women's political involvement. Sen. Landrieu is scheduled to attend the event as part of the day-long series of events, but is not hosting. She was never scheduled to host, so we imagine that somebody made an error and accidently listed her as a host.