Can anyone tell me why Dole lost in a landslide?
I suspect its partly due to democratic straight ticket voting. But I live in NC and still don’t have any idea why it happened
I supposed people got tired of her being a Beltway insider. We didn’t hear much about her in NC the whole 6 years she served. You have to remain in people’s minds if you want another 6 years. I also supposed that she was tired and didn’t really set her mind to campaigning.
I voted for her and am sorry that she didn’t win.
Elizabeth Dole conceived and implemented the nationwide 55 MPH speed limit, she is responsible for that stupid 3rd brake light, and most importantly, the concepts of the primary seatbelt laws and DWI fishing expedition checkpoints can be traced directly to her.
Good riddance.
Unfortunately, we will never be able to rid ourselves of these legacies.
Tip O'Neil once said, "all politics is local." The Democrats live and die by that maxim. They get the local government hack jobs and organize into public worker and teacher unions. They spend working hours relentlessly pushing legislation. The working stiffs are too busy producing to be bothered with these scoundrels. More and more democracy is looking bad. The mood now is to posture oneself to steal from the public treasury. we could very well go the way of Chile.
1. The rise of liberalism in NC / Obama coat-tails.
2. She pulled an "Edwards" on us. Like "Senator Gone" she was never here, hard to reach, out of touch, too busy, etc...
jw