Claire McCaskill to skip Democratic National Convention
Source: Yahoo news
Sen. Claire McCaskill, vulnerable in her re-election bid, reportedly joined a growing faction of Democrats begging off this summer's Democratic National Convention.
The Missouri senator made the decision Tuesday to skip the national convention, which takes place Sept. 3-6, Pema Levy first reported for Talking Points Memo. The convention is where President Barack Obama will formally receive his party's nomination.
"In years when Claire is on the ballot, she has historically not gone to the convention," an anonymous aide told the news outlet, "because she believes it's important to stay in Missouri to talk to voters." Her campaign highlighted McCaskill's decision to skip the 2004 national convention.
When contacted by Yahoo News to confirm the report, campaign workers said all spokespersons were in a staff meeting and unavailable. The Associated Press has confirmed the report.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/claire-mccaskill-skip-democratic-national-convention-202046727.html
If you're outside MO, send your $ to someone more progressive. Hope the people who ran Robin Carnahan's senate campaign aren't running Claire's. How many other battleground states (or states in play) have Dem senators up. She's probably to avoid being portrayed as rubber stamp like she portrayed Jim Talent as a Bush rubber stamp in the 06 election. Would Obama be targeting MO without Claire up for re-election, will he target if it's close in the fall, pulls haven't in MO haven't shown Mittens to be any more popular than Obama in MO, it appears both are hated there.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Claire McCaskill ?
@clairecmc
Whole lot of nothing over me campaigning w/Mo folks instead of going to convention w/party honchos. Bet POTUS agrees with my decision.
https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/217744506307616768
Volaris
(10,281 posts)True, or not, (my guess would be that the President probably DOES agree with that call), that takes some moxie. A Democrat that has to beg off her own parties convention so as not to upset the people who probably WON'T vote for her anyway. I hate living in MO sometimes.
pstokely
(10,541 posts)(Jay) Nixon won big in 08 and looks to win big again while McCain barely won the state, the Repukes also eliminated the straight party ticket. Primaries are open, there is no party registration. I don't think Claire appeared with Obama at any campaign rallys in MO in 08.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)pstokely
(10,541 posts)Kochsuckers have been flooding the airways there for months, polls will probably get closer after the primary
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)"The Life Of Brian".
Four years ago we were reading the repukes their last rites. Now these cowards are committing seppuku faster than you can hand them the sword.
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veganlush
(2,049 posts)...don't realize that these displays of utter cowardice actually help them to LOSE.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)pstokely
(10,541 posts)nt
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)See my post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125149634
pstokely
(10,541 posts)How many Repuke candidates in close elections will be going to Tampa?
Beacool
(30,254 posts)The same woman who became a national co-chair of his 2008 campaign? That Claire McCaskill?
She will not be attending the convention this year?
Too precious..........
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)They're going to call her a rubber stamp anyway.
pstokely
(10,541 posts)She has more to gain skipping the convention. Gives more campaign time
But that's not going to stop the gloom and doom crowd from finding fault with her decision.