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I assume Rep. Steve Israel wants to provide political cover for a handful of Democrats who have balked at attending their party’s national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina this summer. Either that, or the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — whose mission is to restore a Democratic majority in November with Nancy Pelosi still in charge of the caucus — has begun to feel the same panic that some of his colleagues have experienced at the thought of being associated with Barack Obama’s renomination as the party’s standard-bearer. This morning, Israel told a Reuters conference that every Democrat running for Congress should skip the convention this year:
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DCCC chair: Why are any Democratic House candidates going to the convention? « Hot Air
Well, can't say I blame him. Any Democrat in a mildly competetive district will want to be far, far away from Obama in the minds of voters. He is toxic.
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