Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu runs away from Obama in campaign ad

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is in a tricky spot as she runs for re-election. The president's party typically loses ground in midterms, and this year, with Obama's approval rating underwater and a controversial health-care law hanging over everything, could be a disastrous one for Democrats.

So what's Landrieu's solution? She's stiff-arming the president and hyping her opposition to the administration's energy policies. A minute-long spot called "Will Not Rest" features news clips — and one re-enactment, according to The Weekly Standard — of Landrieu excoriating the administration.

The "I oppose Obama, too" strategy makes sense given the political climate. Mitt Romney won the Bayou State by a 17-point margin in 2012, and President Obama has just a 39 percent approval rating there according to a February PPP poll. Meanwhile, the RNC is going all in with ads linking Landrieu to the president and his eponymous health care law.

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Though ObamaCare is probably not going to sink Landrieu, the little "D" next to her name might.