Republican Party to Surrender in North Carolina!
Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 12:35:29 PM PDT
Hello, Republicans? This is what is happening to YOUR brand! Yes, in a supposed Red State near YOU!
In the State of North Carolina, the times, they are a-changin' when it comes to the Red State / Blue State mentality. Sure, North Carolina is mostly a Democratic State when talking local elections.
The North Carolina State Senate and State House are controlled by Democrats and there are even a majority of U.S. House of Representatives that belong to the Democratic Party, as well as the Governorship. Yet, North Carolina currently has two Republican Senators and on a national level has not had a majority that voted for a Democratic Candidate since Jimmy Carter.
As I said above, the times, they are a-changin'.
From the Asheville, NC Citizen Times:
Why 2008 will be a year for North Carolina Democrats
You don’t have to be a meteorologist to forecast what appears likely in North Carolina’s elections. There are many indications that state Democrats may enjoy big victories at the polls November 4th.
For starters, elections officials report huge increases in numbers registering to vote. Some 257,000 have been added to the rolls since January, 51,000 of them since the May primaries. Of that number 145,000 registered as Democrats, while only 17,000 listed the Republican Party, an eight to one registration advantage for Democrats.
95,000 registered as Unaffiliated. Who are these people? We are told many are young and African Americans registering for the first time. It is a safe assumption many have registered to vote for Barack Obama.
We now have 5.9 million registered voters and Bob Hall of the watchdog group Democracy North Carolina is advising local officials to expect a large turnout and long lines, recommending more polling sites for early voting and more polling staff on Election Day. The record turnout of two million in the May primaries would certainly signal heightened voter interest.
My emphasis, and what an emphasis!
WOWEE! An 8 to 1 advantage of people registering as Democrats over Republicans, and every bit as impressive, an over 5 to 1 advantage of people registering as Unaffiliated as opposed to the registeration numbers for Republicans.
If the Republicans surrender NOW, North Carolina Democrats might even give them favorable terms of surrender!!
If they wait until November, all bets are off!
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North Carolina Republicans aren’t helping themselves much. They are clearly getting beat in defining who they are and why people should register Republican. The state GOP has always lagged badly behind in fundraising and with the possible exception of Pat McCrory and Elizabeth Dole, they just don’t have candidates who excite voters.
Senator Elizabeth Dole recognizes the problem; that’s why she is all over TV trying to pull up her numbers. Even though she appears to be widening the margin, the national Democratic Senate Campaign Committee has reserved six million dollars in TV ad time to push Kay Hagan this fall, convinced they can capture this Senate seat. Dole will have cash, but it will be hard to compete with the Six Million Dollar Woman repeatedly hammering Dole’s lackluster first term accomplishments.
If Dole is in trouble, so is Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory. His message of change resonates well with voters but being tied in the polls with Democrat Bev Perdue will be small consolation, especially if he can’t compete financially. The storm clouds at the top of the ticket appear likely to rain on his parade. This potential tsunami could sweep all the way down the ballot into Council of State, legislative and even judicial races.
Yeppers, I do believe the handwriting is on the wall and we don't need any Linguistic Experts to help us decipher the meaning.
Read it and SMILE! It simply couldn't happen to a worse bunch of bigot-corporatist-profiteering-scumbags.
I know I'M smiling!
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