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-Election 2012
McCaskill Confirms She Will Skip Convention
2012-06-27
Yet another possible setback for the Democratic party. According to the Saint Louis Beacon, Missouri senator Claire McCaskill
...Now, why would I pay taxes on my airplane? Send the bill to the taxpayers!...
, who is in the middle of a tough reelection fight, might skip the Democratic convention in September.

"A campaign aide said the senator's schedule for September was still in flux," the Beacon reports. "McCaskill expects to be in a tough re-election battle."
Posted by:Fred

#4  She's rewinding her DVD's.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-06-27 19:36  

#3  "Regret that I can't attend. I have to wash my hair that week"
Posted by: Frank G   2012-06-27 14:52  

#2  She skipped the 2004 one as well, IIRC.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-06-27 11:02  

#1  The Democrat charged with trying to win back the House majority is telling his candidates that it's OK to skip the party's national convention.

Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told a gathering hosted by Reuters his advice has nothing to do with President Obama.


That's his story and he's sticking to it. Alternate headline--Titanic goes down as passengers frantically rearrange the deck chairs while the crew yells--"Everything is O.K.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-06-27 10:14  

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