When the Democratic Party first chose Charlotte, North Carolina, as the location for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, it was supposed to be an opportunity to showcase President Obama’s success with moderate and independent voters in previously red states like North Carolina. But with Sen. Claire McCaskill’s, D-Mo., announcement Tuesday that she will not be attending the September festivities, it is now clear that moderate Democrats in tight elections want nothing to do with Obama.
McCaskill, who spoke on opening night of the 2008 Democratic convention in Denver, is not the first Democrat to stay away from Charlotte at all costs. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., have announced they will not be attending, and neither will West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, nor Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va
The need to stay away from Charlotte seems to be infecting Democrats from all regions of the country. Reps. John Barrow, D-Ga., Mark Critz, D-Pa., Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., Jim Matheson, D-Utah, and Bill Owens, D-N.Y., are also all skipping the convention.
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