Posted on 10/03/2011 12:13:20 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) won't join President Obama when he visits St. Louis on Tuesday, prompting claims by Republicans that she is avoiding an appearance with the president, whose poll numbers are underwater in Missouri.
An aide to McCaskill told The Hill that though she had hoped to be there, competing events scheduled for the senator and likely votes in Senate on Tuesday precluded her from returning to Missouri. The aide added that McCaskill hopes the timing will work out better in the future.
But Missouri Republicans have pointed to a more cynical reason for the first-term senator to stay in Washington: McCaskill's GOP opponents already have their video cameras fired up to capture footage of her appearing chummy with Obama. That footage will inevitably end up in campaign ads tying her to the president, in hopes that his reelection struggles might complicate her own.
McCaskill, a fiscally conservative Democrat who took her seat from a Republican in 2006 by a slim margin, is considered one of the most vulnerable senators up for reelection in 2012.
She was an early supporter of Obama during the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. Yet her chances for reelection hinge on her ability to distance herself from Obama and portray herself as an independent voice for Missouri who is willing to buck the national Democratic party.
“that McCaskill hopes the timing will work out better in the future”
Ya. After he’s removed from office.
You know why rats have tails? Helps them keep their balance as they flee sinking ships.
She’s getting the hell out of Dodge? ahhhaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha..she is toast anyway
She’s getting the hell out of Dodge? ahhhaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha..she is toast anyway
Fiscally conservative, yet voted for Obamacare?????
HA HAha HA HA HA HAha HA HAha HA HA HA HA HA HAha HA HA HA HAha HA HAha HA HA HA HA HA HAha HA HA HA HAha HA HAha HA HA HA HA HA HAha HA HA HA HAha HA HAha HA HA HA HA ...
Excuse while I compose myself... McCaskill voted for HA HAha HA HA HA HAha HA HAha HA HA HA HA HA HAha HA HA HA HAha HA HAha HA HA HA HA HA HAha HA HA HA HAh
I'm sorry HA HAha HA HA, let me try to post my comment later....
yeah, my head about popped off when I read the words McCaskill and fiscal conservative in the same sentence. She is officially sprinting backwards now!
I expect there is already an ample supply of videos and photos of Claire and Barack together.
Claire... we see through your BS! YOU ARE OBAMA - YOU LOVE OBAMA - YOU DO WHATEVER YOUR LORD AND MASTER TELLS YOU TO DO!
gosh, i wonda why?
/s
Bill Nelson evidently is the only one seeing the hand writing on the wall.
Maybe Claire is going up to the Carnahan’s place in NW Missouri to check out how that stimulus money is working n their windmill farm!
Wonder what kind of benefits the hubby is getting for their nursing homes from Obamacare.
SHe’s a CHICKENSHIT coward. Always was, and a cheat too.
She’s toast in the next election. Voters will send her to the home for Democrat losers. Got a rocking chair for her.
Loser!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.