Posted on 10/27/2010 8:07:35 PM PDT by Libloather
B.J. Lawson, Rush Baby, Runs in Democrat Gerrymandered NC-4
October 27, 2010
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RUSH: To Denton, Texas. This is Bill, and it's great to have you on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. Mega dittos, longtime listener, second-time caller. I have knowledge of the District 4 race because my son is the challenger.
RUSH: B.J. Lawson is your son?
CALLER: Yes, B.J. Lawson.
RUSH: B.J. Lawson is running against this idiot, David Price, North Carolina 4. Charlie Cook just moved that race into toss-up or at least it's in play from solid Democrat. This district has been gerrymandered to be Democrat in perpetuity 'til the end of time, 'til the sun blows up, Durham and North Carolina and includes Chapel Hill. And B.J. is your son?
CALLER: Yes, he is. And he is a Rush Baby. In fact, in one of his campaigns as Dr. B.J. Lawson, he said, "Yep, I grew up on the Rush Limbaugh Letter and then naturally Rush 24/7."
RUSH: Well, this is a humbling honor. I mean you have made my day here, because I did not know this. You made my day. I knew that B.J. Lawson was the challenger, but I had no idea he was a Rush Baby. I could assume that every young conservative is, but I don't go that far. My ego won't allow me to. But you've made my day here.
CALLER: Well, thanks, we appreciate everything you do, Rush, and we appreciate the fact that you're helping us fight the good fight.
RUSH: Well, I really appreciate that. But I have said throughout the course of this program, it's people like your son who are doing the heavy lifting. B.J. Lawson, North Carolina 4, this is a district, when I tell you that it has been gerrymandered -- some people say (j)errymandered, it's named after a guy named Gerry. Don't e-mail me on the nitpick pronunciation here. Jerry, gerry, pronounce it both ways, the point is here this district has been drawn to make sure that nobody but a Democrat holds it forever, Chapel Hill and Durham and surrounding areas. And so here's a guy, B.J. Lawson, this is like running for emperor of Rome back in the old days, you didn't do it. Now, granted, it's a unique year when the Obama agenda has driven the Democrat Party genuinely over the cliff and in the ditch, but still this is something to be very, very proud of. And there are a lot of B.J. Lawsons all over the country who are tackling these supposed safe seats. Like Barney Frank, Sean Bielat taking on Barney Frank. I mean you talk about a race that nobody would ever think would be competitive, and it is.
Now, North Carolina 4, B.J. Lawson's being outspent two to one, and it's neck and neck. Look, when the guru, Charlie Cook, moves this from "safe" to "in play," that's not insignificant. And Charlie Cook doesn't do this with relish. When they move a district like North Carolina 4 to "in play" it is panic time. So this is great to know. B.J. Lawson is a real live Rush Baby. Not expecting an inheritance, by the way, don't get the wrong idea. There's a lot of Rush Babies out there, but they are not heirs. It's Sean Bielat in Massachusetts. And some of these other districts, like Peter DeFazio in Oregon, that's a lock, too, supposedly. And Charlie Cook has just moved that race to "in play." There are eight of them, as of yesterday, and North Carolina 4 is one of them.
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RUSH: I just wanted to point out B.J. Lawson, North Carolina 4, gave out more than 50,000 copies of the United States Constitution during the course of his campaign, and I'll wager in many cases some people were seeing and reading it for the first time.
Very good run down. IIRC, the General Assembly is currently 30-20 D for the Senate and 68-52 D for the House. If that could turn, it would make a huge difference come redistricting time.
Wake Co currently has a population of 900K, and a Congressional District was 696,952 in 2000. Don’t know what it will be for 2010. So Wake would have to get carved up no matter what. The CSA (Combined Statistical Area) of Raleigh, Durham, Cary is about 1.7 million, almost 3 CD’s and has grown rapidly in the past 10 years. Whoever gets to carve it up will do it to help their party.
Good luck on Tuesday
SNC, that’s fantastic information. I never knew that was why Wake County was split three ways, but knowing that the General Assembly here is Democrat, it makes perfect political sense.
I still think Price pulls it out here in the Fourth, but it’s going to be close. He won’t have that Durham black racist Democrat wave from 2008 to ride, and I’m not sure how enthused the granola crowd next door in Orange is right now. It’s going to come down to southwestern Wake and northern Chatham to pull this out for us. Let’s hope there haven’t been too many liberal Yankees moving into Apex/Cary/Fuquay-Varina the past few years!
If Lawson pulls this out, people around here in Durham, even in my heavily liberal neighborhood (Tuscaloosa-Lakewood, west central Durham) are going to lose their minds. And I, for one, will be ecstatic.
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Try this one on for size - NC-12 -
Massachusetts - the home of gerrymandering. Named after Governor Gerry who lived at Gerry’s Landing by the Charles River in Cambridge. The name comes from the shape of the congressional district that looked like a salamander.
I was going through old posts, and had to respond to yours...
I’m a native North Carolinian.
I cut my political teeth working for Reagan.
I’m a vegetarian. Get away from talk radio. It’s stultifying your thinking.
My apologies if I offended by referring to Birkenstock-wearing vegetarian liberals. I actually know some conservative vegetarians. And my doctor, who has me on a prescription for high cholesterol, has hinted that I should cut way back on meat, if not go whole-hog (haha) and become a vegetarian.
No offense taken.
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