NC "Rebranding" probably not what McCrory had in mind

[J. Pederman]

Originally Posted by Francois

Two of those were quite a time before 2010; the voters who voted for the Tea Party are unlikely to have been thinking about Jim Black as much as they were the onslaught of campaign flyers Art Pope sent to their mailboxes slinging mud on Democrats.

Yes, but the cumulative effect was that team blue's voter and donor base was sufficiently demoralized in the face of outside cash all of a sudden coming in to team red in 2010. This isn't some occult knowledge, it was well-covered in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

[rnc2mbfl]

Originally Posted by Francois

NC Dems, with a small few exceptions from the predictable parts of the state, have never been "extremist". Most NC Dems are closer to many Northeastern Republicans in their politics than anywhere near "Left-wing".

It was the recession of 2008-09, combined with a dash of racism against Obama, that threw the statehouse to the Republicans/Tea partiers, and Bev certainly didn't help things. But calling the Democrats (as a group) who ran the Leg for years "extremist" is absurd.

Anyone who would call NC Democrats extremists makes me wonder more about the political gap between the person making that assertion and the reality of where the NC Democrats actually are on the political spectrum. The Democrats are much closer to the center than they are to the left, no matter how far right the wackos running the state now think that the center is.

[Vatnos]

Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl

Anyone who would call NC Democrats extremists makes me wonder more about the political gap between the person making that assertion and the reality of where the NC Democrats actually are on the political spectrum. The Democrats are much closer to the center than they are to the left, no matter how far right the wackos running the state now think that the center is.

I suspect in order to consider NC Democrats 'extreme left' one would have to be so far to the right that Pinochet would blush.