I noted last night that Iowa Congressional candidate Bruce Braley has asked Kerry to stay away from a scheduled campaign appearance this week:
A Democratic Congressional candidate from Iowa is canceling a campaign event later this week with Senator John Kerry.
Brucy [sic] Braley says Kerry's recent comments about the Iraq war were inappropriate.
Braley is running against Republican Mike Whalen in Iowa's First District congressional race. It's a contest considered to be one of the most competitive House races in the country.
He won't be campaigning for Tim Walz or the DFL, either. The AP reports that Kerry has canceled all of his Minnesota visits:
U.S. Sen. John Kerry canceled a campaign visit here in the wake of a controversy over remarks he made about students and the war in Iraq, according to a spokeswoman for congressional candidate Tim Walz.
"He wants to make sure the campaign is about the issues we've been talking about the last two years," the spokeswoman, Meredith Salsbery, said of Kerry's decision. "It's important to him that we are able to do that."
Kerry was to appear at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Minnesota State, Mankato, with 1st Congressional District candidate Tim Walz. Walz will still appear at the event, Salsbery said. Walz is trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn.
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Bob Casey has canceled his plans to campaign with Kerry as well. And don't miss this video of Don Imus telling Kerry to "Please stop it. Stop talking. Go home, get on the bike, go wind surfing, anything. Stop it. You're going to ruin this."
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