Missouri Republicans are wondering if the Democrats’ near-certain 2010 Senate candidate, Robin Carnahan, is being quietly abandoned by her party.

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will travel to St. Louis in an attempt to resurrect his takeover of our health care system, revive his sagging political fortunes, and fill Claire McCaskill’s campaign war chest. But several questions linger about Robin Carnahan’s role in the event.
Press reports indicate that the money raised at the Obama fundraisers will benefit Claire McCaskill’s 2012 campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—but it is unclear if this money will benefit Robin Carnahan.
Has the White House written off the Carnahan campaign or have they found a way to secretly funnel these donations to her?
“Barack Obama should be campaigning his heart out for Robin Carnahan—after all, Carnahan has pledged to rubberstamp his agenda of a government takeover of healthcare, job-killing cap-and-tax, and the failed stimulus bill, and much more. But maybe Obama sees the writing on the wall and realizes that Carnahan is way too liberal for Missouri,” said Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party. “It appears that the White House has written off the Carnahan campaign. We are not aware of another example of the President ignoring a U.S. Senate candidate on the ballot in less than 8 months and instead raising money for someone who is not up for reelection until 2012.”

Or, you know, maybe she’s not eager to be associated with a guy who has a 40 percent/58 percent job approval/disapproval split in the most recent poll.