The junior Senator of Illinois will not participate in the Nevada Democratic Presidential Candidate forum being held in Carson City. The Rest of the field will participate. Obama's schedule is not permitting him to participate.
Obama, who is scheduled to be in southern Nevada the same week, couldn't work the Nevada forum into his itinerary, campaign spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said.
"It was a difficult decision. He very much wants to spend time getting to know the people of Nevada, talking about how we move the country forward, but there are only so many days in the calendar," Pfeiffer said. "He has a vigorous Senate schedule, it makes it very difficult to do all things he wants to do."
This is a tough one to sit out for the Senator since all the other candidates will attend this forum. Although Las Vegas is where the vast majority of the Democrats are in the state, the forum in Carson City will be widely covered by the Nevada media and will draw a considerable amount of attention. I would like to see the Senator’s campaign reconsider this move. AFSCME is sponsoring this event and I would hate to see Obama’s campaign disappoint them since they do play a big role in the primary process.