Just before Claire McCaskill took the stage in Denver, the Missouri GOP sent out  a note seeking to bring her down to earth, chiding her for earlier remarks about seeing rapper Kanye West at one of the convention’s A-list parties.“She’s more worried about taking her kids to see Kanye West than addressing issues that impact Americans’ lives,” said Missouri GOP spokeswoman Tina Hervey.

“Claire and Kanye have a great deal in common,” Hervey’s note said. “Kanye claimed that George Bush doesn’t care about black people and Claire thinks George Bush let people die on rooftops in New Orleans because they were poor and because they were black. Disappointing, ridiculous and hurtful rhetoric that divides rather than brings people together.”