Robocalling against Obama in Florida

A reader in Tampa, Jennifer Wylie, sends in the audio (.aiff*) of a robocall from her member of Congress, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite.

"President Obama plans to make wounded veterans use their personal health care to pay for service-related industries," Brown-Waite says, referring to a policy the White House floated this week and quickly walked back yesterday, apparently before the call went out. "This is a breach of our national promise that goes back to President Lincoln. Let me assure you I will not let this stand. I will not rest until this policy is reversed."

The issue had the potential to feed a serious backlash, which is probably why the White House dropped it so fast.

But the robocall is just a small sign of the local, under-the-radar politics that tend to, at least, draw Republicans back away from Obama.

*iTunes and Quicktime, among others, will play it.