NO ENEMIES TO THE LEFT: Barack Obama to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

The Oct. 24 event will feature Obama, as well as El-Sayed and Jocelyn Benson, who is seeking the governorship, the Michigan Democratic Party announced on Monday.

Obama has generally stayed out of the spotlight since leaving the White House, though he has ocassionally appeared on the campaign trail for other Democratic candidates.

The Michigan race is expected to be one of the most competitive of the cycle and a pivotal contest in the battle for control of the upper chamber.

The trick, of course, is trying to figure out which one is actually to the left of the other.