Dems say Murphy within 2 points of Tedisco – want more Obama help

Politico is reporting that House Democrats say they’ve pulled within 2% of Republican Jim Tedisco in the NY 20th special election.

But they’re “infuriated” by the lack of support from President Obama and the Democratic National Committee.

The Democratic National Congressional Committee has pumped nearly $400k into the effort to elect Glens Falls venture capitalist Scott Murphy, but according to Politico…

…even Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine has kept his distance from the race by refusing to meet with Murphy when the candidate was at DNC headquarters recently, according to two Democratic insiders.

Murphy’s lack of White House support has infuriated House Democrats, who say the Democratic businessman trails Tedisco by just 2 points in their internal polling.

Politico doesn’t offer a rationale for the DNC’s cool stance toward Murphy and one Democratic official argued that more support is in the offing: ““You can be sure there’s more to come.”

But the race is now in its final week…