Pelosi tells Politico she would rather see Democratic candidates stay at home and campaign because Barack Obama is an incumbent, so there's not much of a need for them to attend the convention.
“We nominated a president last time. We have an incumbent president of the United States. We’re very proud of him. There certainly will be enough people there to express that pride, but I’m not encouraging members to go to the convention no matter what the situation was, because they can be home. It’s campaign time. It’s the first week in September,” she said.
Pelosi also criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for not releasing more years of his tax returns — “the American people seem to want to know,” she said.
“His father set the standard for transparency. … This is a tradition that he is breaking not only personal in his family but for candidates for president of the United States. You want to run for president, the ante is upped,” Pelosi told POLITICO Live.
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