The St. Louis Tea Party is being credited, indirectly, with Charlotte getting the nod for the Democratic National Convention over the Gateway to the West:

Pro-Obamacare Claire McCaskill was behind the move. She asked the White House not to hold the convention in St. Louis… It might complicate her reelection campaign.

Let’s face it… The St. Louis Tea Party scared them away.

McCaskill has been sprinting to the right since the Tea Party became such a potent force in Missouri. Amazingly, she joined with Republican Bob Corker to introduce a bill to drastically cut federal spending over the next 10 years.

All of this probably doesn’t fool Tea Partiers in Missouri, though. They surely remember the real Claire McCaskill who enthusiastically supported ObamaCare and provisions that included taxpayer funding for abortion.