The Vice President talks jobs and economy with Governor Granholm
Monday, November 09, 2009 at 1:31 p.m.
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DETROIT (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden was in Michigan to raise money for two freshmen Democratic congressmen and talk jobs and the economy with Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Biden appeared at a morning fundraiser at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel. The event was co-hosted by Reps. Gary Peters of Oakland County and Mark Schauer of Battle Creek. They are expected to face tough re-election campaigns in 2010.
In the afternoon, Biden sat down for a photo op over hot dogs with the Democratic governor at a local eatery.
The GOP criticized the fundraiser, airing a 60-second radio ad in the state that accuses Biden of "getting together with his fat cat friends to do political fundraising" instead of dealing with Michigan's highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate.
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