Endangered GOP Senators Afraid to Be Seen at Convention

[tannybogus]

Nine of 12 targeted Republicans running in the most competitive Senate races this fall are either skipping the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., or have not decided whether to attend.

Among those who will not attend are Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, who is not close to presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona, and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is a McCain loyalist. Stevens and Collins will use the convention week to focus on their campaigns.

Also sending regrets is former Rep. Bob Schaffer of Colorado, running for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Wayne Allard.

Six others -- Sens. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, John Sununu of New Hampshire, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Gordon Smith of Oregon and challengers John Kennedy of Louisiana and Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico are still on the fence. Their spokesman offered responses ranging from "there are no plans yet" to "no decisions have been made."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/25/endangered-gop-senators-a_n_115041.html

Wellllllllllll, maybe they can borrow Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility.

Let's put their pictures on milk cartons and set up a hotline for MIssing and Exploiting Senators.

:rofl:

[NightWatcher]

1. chic chic chicken

[opihimoimoi]

2. Despite all those baloons and puffery...very few will show their faces...

[Canuckistanian]

3. Ted Stevens I might understand

But Susan Collins? Dole?

Profiles in Courage, indeed.

[UTUSN]

4. HaHAH!1 Their 2000 circus featured ALL minorities performing & NO "leaders"

Who buys this Kool Aid of theirs?!1 I mean, their hardcore are racists, so WHO are they playing to?!1

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Sounds like the bathrooms will be full. n/t

[tridim]

6. That probably means they'll take what they can get

And that means lots and lots of Ron Paul types and far RW kooks, all televised. Have fun with that McAsshole.

[struggle4progress]

7. "Why didn't you attend the convention, Senator X?" will be fun to ask

[hvn_nbr_2]

8. Missing and Exploiting Senators!

Was that deliberate or just a brain fart? Either way, I like it. I think we should use it more often.

[tannybogus]

10. It was deliberate.

Although some of my best ideas have been brain farts.
:hi:

[Rex]

9. Republicans are such yellow bellied cowards!

Sick pigs. Repukes are scum in a bucket.