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Robin Carnahan cannot hide from Barack Obama

March 10, 2010

Robin Carnahan can run from Barack Obama, but she can’t hide her wholehearted support for his liberal agenda.  She may not stand on the platform next to President Obama in St. Louis on Wednesday, but Missourians will not soon forget that she stood with him on every major plank of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid platform—from the takeover of our health care system, to the job-killing cap-and-tax, to the failed stimulus bill, and more.  As hard as she tries, Robin Carnahan cannot hide the fact that she would serve as another one of Barack Obama’s rubber stamps in the U.S. Senate.

Background:

Despite her absence from the event with President Obama in St Louis, Robin Carnahan cannot hide the fact that she has stood with Barack Obama for the past 6 years:

• Carnahan donated money to his 2004 campaign for U.S. Senate (FEC Records)

• Carnahan threw her “complete support” behind Obama’s presidential campaign in June 2008
  • AP, June 4, 2008: [Carnahan said] Obama has her “complete support” and will receive her vote as a super delegate at the Democratic National Convention.

• Carnahan campaigned with Obama in Rolla, MO in July 2008 (The Daily Guide, July 31, 2008)

• Carnahan campaigned with Obama in St Louis in August 2008 (Post-Dispatch, August 19, 2008)

• Carnahan attended an event with Obama marking his first 100 days in office.
  • Obama: Carnahan is “somebody I think may turn out to be pretty good in Washington.” (Video)

• Carnahan benefited from a fundraiser headlined by Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in June 2009 (Post-Dispatch, June 15, 2009)

• Carnahan benefited from a fundraiser with Vice President Joe Biden in October 2009 (Post-Dispatch, October 13, 2009)

Despite her absence from the event with President Obama in St Louis, Robin Carnahan cannot hide the fact that she would rubber stamp every major component of the Obama agenda:

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the health care bill
  • Carnahan: “this legislation takes important steps…” (Carnahan statement, December 24, 2009)

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the public option
  • St Louis Beacon, November 11, 2009: Robin Carnahan reaffirmed her support Wednesday for some sort of a public option when it comes to health-care coverage.  “I’m less concerned about what we call it, than what it does,” said Carnahan during a brief interview

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the so-called stimulus bill
  • Carnahan: “I don’t think it was an option to do nothing… People who kept saying no to everything … don’t have a lot of credibility on this stuff.” (Post-Dispatch, March 7, 2009)

• Carnahan would rubber stamp cap-and-tax
  • Columbia Missourian, July 21, 2009: Carnahan said she could “support some kind of cap-and-trade” energy policy

• Carnahan would rubber stamp card-check
  • St Louis Beacon, April 21, 2009: “Robin is supportive” of the Employee Free Choice Act,” said campaign spokesman Tony Wyche.

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the closure of Guantanamo Bay
  • Carnahan: “The Guantanamo Bay issue is one that we really need to get past. It has been used according to military experts, as a recruiting tool to get more terrorists to attack us, and so we need to do things that reflect our values. One of those is not to have these kind of off-shore prisons.”  (Springfield News-Leader, February 7, 2010)