At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas today, President Obama asked Nevada voters to show up at the polls for embattled Nevada Democratic senator and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is in the midst of an increasingly nasty reelection battle against GOP challenger Sharron Angle.

White House spokesman Bill Burton insisted that the president's speech today was "official" (which means taxpayers would foot the bill) as opposed to political. (In addition to pushing Reid, the president also called on Congress to expand a clean energy tax credit.)

"He just really likes Harry Reid," Burton said by way of explanation.