Debate over McCain backer spices up Dem convention
John Nichols — 6/14/2008 8:26 pm
Wisconsin Democrats, gathered in convention at Stevens Point Friday night, had no national party "stars" to gush about. Presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama, who was in the state Thursday, skipped the partisan gathering. So, too, did New York Senator Hillary Clinton, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, Virginia Senator Jim Webb and all the other "names" mentioned as prospective vice presidential candidates.
Nor did they have a keynote speaker to get all excited about. In the absence of a national celebrity, they had to settle for a "keynote" from Governor James Doyle -- who would have addressed the convention anyway.
But they still had something to get excited about: The case of the dissident Democrat.
Debra Bartoshevich, a nurse from Waterford who was selected earlier this year as a Hillary Clinton delegate to this summer's Democratic National Convention, announced this week that, "I will not be voting for Obama. I will cast my vote for John McCain." Read More at Capital Times
