The White House is struggling to assert President Barack Obama's relevance as drowning Democrats have had to decide between defending him and throwing him under their campaign buses. Several liberals in tough re-election fights have opted, Peter-like, to deny him three times before Election Day's cock can crow. Mark Begich, Alaska's embattled Senate Democrat, put his finger on what his party's bigger names are grappling with, saying that while he voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012,'that's irrelevant. The president's not relevant. He's gone in two years.' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Weak: Senators in the Democratic Party are shunning President Obama (left) as he dashes from crisis to crisis – including a widely panned Ebola response now being helmed by party operative Ron Klain (on couch)
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Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, facing tough re-election fight, says president is 'not relevant. He's gone in two years'
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Is Obama a 'strong leader?' North Carolina Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan responded: 'Certainly there are issues that I certainly think ... um, no'
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White House fires back and insists Obama is 'relevant in a lot of important ways'
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Bill Clinton told a Kentucky crowd not to give a Republican 'a six-year job for a two-year protest' against the sitting president
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