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Democrats Jared Polis, Barack Obama and Ed Perlmutter at Nationals Park.
WASHINGTON — Though Democrats were divided last week on , the party united Thursday for a win in the congressional baseball game, a tradition that .
The Democrats beat the Republicans by a . Chipping in for the victory was U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder. According to his office, he “had an RBI on a fielder’s choice, and reached second base on either a double or an error, depending on how it was scored.”
President Barack Obama also showed up — in a rare appearance for a sitting president. It’s Washington, so obviously there’s some business involved somehow (the game was the day before a critical vote on trade). But Obama still found time to pose with lawmakers.
