Photo from past DNC Convention...
Posted on 06/26/2012 5:56:32 PM PDT by kristinn
The man responsible for getting Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress this fall has a message for his party's candidates: Stay away from the Democratic National Convention.
"If they want to win an election, they need to be in their districts," New York congressman Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told the Reuters Washington Summit on Tuesday.
The Democratic convention, to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in early September to formally nominate President Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee, is viewed warily by some of the party's candidates.
The September 3-6 gathering to fete a president whose popularity ratings have hovered around 50 percent is a particularly sensitive issue for Democratic candidates who are in close races in states or districts where Obama trails Republican Mitt Romney in voter surveys.
For such candidates, four days of mingling with Democratic leaders could turn off independent voters before the November 6 election.
"A trip to Charlotte may be interesting," Israel said, "but why leave your districts?"
Obama's poll ratings have little to do with his stance, Israel said.
"I don't care if the president was at 122 percent favorability right now," he said. "I think (candidates) should be in their districts."
McCASKILL STAYING AWAY
Israel's admonition comes as a growing list of Democrats say they will not be joining their fellow partisans in Charlotte. Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, one of the Democratic Party's most vulnerable candidates, will not attend, an aide said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
This guy is clearly a RACIST !!!!
Translation: Stay away from the rookie Hussein! Run the other way! RUN!
Photo from past DNC Convention...
LOL!!!
Sounds to me like they’re ceding the White House and trying to save the downticket races.
“Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,”
And the One gets tossed out of the sleigh by his own Party CCCC.
“I love it when a plan comes together.”
Hannibal Smith
Same thing I tell my dog - “lie there, don’t move, don’t come here”...he always obeys. Good dog, see how much he listens to me, he must trust and love me to obey like that. See, we told them to stay away, and they did. Those candidates have such trust in us, they always obey. sarc off.
Toxic Baraq Syndrome
This is laughable. It’s every Rat for himself out there. No one is listening to Steve Israel.
Not only racist but a fjb too.
Imagine if Patches had told every Dem to stay away from LA and Gore's Convention in 2000! (Yes, Patches ran the DCCC ... briefly)
Imagine if Bob Matsui had told every Dem to stay away from Boston and Kerry-He-Served-In-Vietnam's Convention in 2004!
2008 lol...
I don’t know if the don’t hot link image was intentional or not, but it still works somehow. LOL
Front Page News perhaps. Rush will be all over this tomorrow...
Wonder what they have planned that will make it so toxic.
I’m 68 years old, and have followed politics for decades. I don’t ever recall a time hearing a senior member of either party publicly announce not attending their presidential convention may be preferable.
Coupled with the stories about funding drying up, I’d say the democrats have two major problems on their hands; both tied to funding. 1) Obama’s campaign funding, and 2) the DNC can’t handle the convention expenses. Both tied together, both tell one story...
“Wonder what they have planned that will make it so toxic.”
That isn’t their problem. These RATS are in such trouble at home already that they know being close to FUBO only makes their predicament worse, much worse. What if they had a convention and nobody attended?
IOW .. Stay home and work hard! Yur gonna need every vote and then some.. Times are hard all over.. ‘Run DNC’ done Boogeyed!
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