McCaskill sold on Hagan

DENVER – Democratic Senate candidate Kay Hagan may have skipped the Democratic National Convention, but her challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole continues to generate interest here.

“I'm adopting you,” U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, told North Carolina's delegates this morning. “I'm sold, totally 100 percent sold, on Kay Hagan."

McCaskill compared her own election two years ago to that of Hagan, saying in both cases no one initially thought the Democrat had a chance against a Republican incumbent, reports Rob Christensen.

McCaskill also dissed Dole, noting that they both serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“I serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee,” McCaskill said. “I just don't see her that often. We have that in common.”