The convention state train wrecks

The convention state train wrecks

By CHARLES MAHTESIAN |

6/15/12 5:30 AM EDT

In convention state news, both North Carolina and Florida continue hurtling toward national humiliation, with state parties in each locale embroiled in messy legal action that stands to spoil their moment in the sun.

In Charlotte, where President Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination, the former state party staffer who was allegedly sexually harassed filed suit Thursday against the North Carolina Democratic Party and its chairman, David Parker, claiming that Parker made false and defamatory statements about him and violated the terms of a confidential settlement agreement at an April 19 press conference.

Meanwhile in Florida, where Mitt Romney will accept the GOP nomination in Tampa, the run-up to the late July trial of former state GOP chair Jim Greer is proving equally messy. On Thursday, two lawyers on Greer‘s defense team withdrew from the case one week after reports surfaced that another Greer attorney had threatened to embarrass former Gov. Charlie Crist “with questions about alleged homosexual conduct if Crist refused to sign a statement changing an earlier affidavit.”

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