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President Barack Obama to meet with families of shooting victims in Colorado
In between these public observances have been countless private meetings with families of troops who fell in battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For Obama, the Colorado visit was to be his second in just over three weeks. Last month, he flew to Colorado Springs to share the pain of homeowners whose houses had been turned to charred heaps by a record outbreak of wildfires.
Obama had already been a frequent Colorado visitor, which is no surprise given the state’s key role in his re-election bid. He won the state by more than 8 percentage points over Republican nominee John McCain four years ago. But neither Obama’s nor Romney’s camp expects that big a margin this time. Recent polls place Obama’s lead inside the margin of error.
But for one more day, at least, electoral considerations remained on the back burner.
“This weekend I hope everyone takes some time for prayer and reflection,” Obama said in his Saturday broadcast, “for the victims of this terrible tragedy, for the people who knew them and loved them, for those who are still struggling to recover.”
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
