24th State has written a great piece about how Robin Carnahan, who used to openly advertise herself as a former banking executive with the Import-Export bank, is now trying to change history by "revising" her resume to distance herself from Washington DC and special interests.
It's understandable why Carnahan would want to distance herself from the government-run Import-Export bank, given scrutiny into its operations in recent years. But removing the word "executive" from your official biography as the Secretary of State doesn't erase the past - it's a pedantic and petty move that won't persuade anyone.
As imagination strains against reality, Robin's situation is growing more and more bizarre: a member of Missouri Democrats' most politically connected family, she is making a herculean effort to obscure and distract from her position as the consummate political insider.
We've seen it manifest itself in another way recently, as Robin wavered back and forth on whether or not to associate herself with Obama. She ended up reversing position enough times to get the worst of both worlds.
If her campaign strategy is to tweak her online bio and waffle about her image, it's no wonder she's trailing in the polls. Robin is trying to transform herself into the type of candidate that she thinks can win the 2010 elections, and it's becoming increasingly clear that she has no idea what she's doing.
Meanwhile, her brother Russ Carnahan might just be running into more trouble with his yacht.
It's understandable why Carnahan would want to distance herself from the government-run Import-Export bank, given scrutiny into its operations in recent years. But removing the word "executive" from your official biography as the Secretary of State doesn't erase the past - it's a pedantic and petty move that won't persuade anyone.
As imagination strains against reality, Robin's situation is growing more and more bizarre: a member of Missouri Democrats' most politically connected family, she is making a herculean effort to obscure and distract from her position as the consummate political insider.
We've seen it manifest itself in another way recently, as Robin wavered back and forth on whether or not to associate herself with Obama. She ended up reversing position enough times to get the worst of both worlds.
If her campaign strategy is to tweak her online bio and waffle about her image, it's no wonder she's trailing in the polls. Robin is trying to transform herself into the type of candidate that she thinks can win the 2010 elections, and it's becoming increasingly clear that she has no idea what she's doing.
Meanwhile, her brother Russ Carnahan might just be running into more trouble with his yacht.
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