Obama Campaign Steals Reporter's Sunshine

Daily Mail‘s U.S. Executive Editor Toby Harnden was turned down by the Obama campaign Tuesday to attend an event with former President Bill Clinton in Miami. Clinton spoke to students at Florida International University. The campaign wrote the reporter to say, “Unfortunately, due to space limitations, we are unable to accommodate your request.”

Harnden was surprised to say the least. We asked if he thought it was personal. “I’ve no idea,” he told FishbowlDC. “They said in the original email that there were space constraints and that not everybody could be accommodated, but they often say that and this has never happened to me before.

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